Like all our historic buildings the Minster is in a constant state of restoration, we were extremely fortunate to visit as the Great East window was being restored n a £23,000,000 project. All the glass has been removed and the exterior covered in scaffolding to allow the mason rare access to replace badly worn stonework, we were extremely ( Read more... )

 York Minster's Great East Window, the worlds largest expanse of medieval glass is currently undergoing a £23,000,000 restoration project with all the glass having been removed for cleaning and re-leading and the surrounding stonework  being examined and where deemed potentially dangerous removed and replaced, so when the opportunity arose for a ( Read more... )