Architecture

**__York Minster Architecture__**

The Archbishop of york as well as being in charge of the dioces of york he cares of the church part of the of england in the northen part of the country. He uses the minster to consecrate other bishops. Whilst he has to be present to preach on easter day. by olivia

York Minster is the biggest genuine, medieval, gothic cathedral in northern Europe. The minster is made out of mangesian limestone. People built it so tall and big to show the wealth of the archbishop. They built it using wooden scaffolding lashed together with rope. The gold in the treasury is mostly silver gilt (Silver plated with gold) and most of the gold in the whole mister is gold leaf. The minster has the biggest genuine, medieval window in the world.
 * __By Samantha__**

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 * // The South Transept //****// : // It has a circular rose window and a scorch mark on a wall. Inside the chapel of Saint Michael is the tomb of Archbishop Walter Grey, who began building the minster. It is the oldest part of the minster,built in 1220. The restored roof has 68 colorful bosses. 6 of the original bosses. 6 bosses designed by young blue peter viewers, they represent significant events in the 20th century. By Maya**======

In the Minster they have gargoles to make people scared.Thet also have badges for things that have happened like
 * Man on the Moon
 * Save the Whale
 * Conquest of Space
 * Fire in South Transept
 * Famine Relief
 * Raising the Mary Rose
 * __By Alex__

​High in the south transept of York Minster is the Rose Window. This is one of the best known stained glass windows in England. It was made in the thirteenth century and it was very badly dameged in the fire of July 1984. Heat from the fire cracked the glass in 40,000 places but the window remained in one piece. It was rescued and mended and was back in place by 1987.** **By Fergus****.

A statue of St. Peter stands between the western doors. Furthermore, the York Minster as we know today was built 1433 as the Central tower collapsed in 1407 and the replacing tower took 26 years to build. However, the people built another tower in 1472 and this tower was called the Western tower. ** **By Leon!**


 * The great east window is the largest area of medieval stained glass in the world. It took three years to make from 1405 to 1408. John Thorton from coventry was paid £56. The cost today to restore the glass is £7000,000 and it will take about ten years! ****By Nicholas

York minster is the largest cathedral north of the alps.The pillars presented in the nave stand on the foundation of Thomases outer walls,so you can see how much narrower the minster used to be. BY NAOMI **

The style of architecture developed by england approximately in 1200 and is known as 'barbaric' as the people of this time thought that only the classical style architecture was catteired By Alfie