York Cathedral, North Transept, Central Tower and Chapter House
York cathedral is better known as York Minster, and is dedicated to St Peter. The cathedral is the second-largest cathedral in England, second only to St Paul’s. In 637 AD, the Saxon Oswald built a stone church dedicated to St Peter on the site of a small wooden church. This church, as well as the Norman church that replaced it, were destroyed and in 1080 a new Norman church was built by Archbishop Thomas de Bayeux. Little remains of that Norman church which, from the 1230s, was extended with a new nave, choir, transept and towers. The North and South transepts were the first parts of the new church to be built. They have simple lancet windows, the most famous being the Five Sisters in the north transept. Separating the choir from the crossing and nave is the fifteenth-century screen. It contains sculptures of the kings of England from William the Conqueror to Henry VI, with stone and gilded canopies set against a red background. In 1472 the cathedral was completed and consecrated. In the south transept is the famous Rose Window whose glass was re-glazed in about 1500 to commemorate the union of the royal houses of York and Lancaster. The picture was drawn by Robert Garland and engraved by Albutt.
Size: 4209px × 4990px
Location: York, Yorkshire, England
Photo credit: © Cameni Images / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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