William the Conqueror
Also known as William I, and William the Bastard.
The first of the 16 kings on the west face of the Quire (Choir), showing the Kings of England from William the Conqueror through to Henry VI.
York Minster, also known as 'The Cathedral and Metropolitical Church of St Peter in York'.
There has been a church in York dedicated to St Peter since the 630s, with a stone church built by Oswald of Northumbria in 637. This church was developed in the 670s with the addition of a school and library (a Minster being an Anglo-Saxon missionary teaching church); in 741 the building burned down and was rebuilt, holding 30 altars. During the Anglo-Saxon period (when York was Eoforwic), and then Viking period (Jorvik) there were a series of Benedictine Archbishops including including Wulfstan (d. 956), Saint Oswald (d.992), and Ealdred (d. 1069).
The cathedral was damaged in 1069 and repaired in 1070 by its first Norman archbishop, Thomas of Bayeux (d. 1100); in 1075 the church was destroyed by the Danes, but rebuilt from 1080, the new building was in the Norman style, with white and red rendering.
Following being made Archbishop of York in 1215, Walter de Gray (d. 1255) ordered the construction of a gothic structure. Work began in 1220, with the North and South Transepts completed in the 1250s in the Early English Gothic Style. The Chapter House was began in the 1260s, completed 1296; the nave was began in 1280s, building on Norman foundations, the outer roof was built in the 1330s, with the vaulting completed in 1360s. The choir (the last Norman structure) was demolished in 1390s, and was replaced 1405. The Central (Lantern) Tower was built from 1420 (replacing a c.13th tower that collapsed in 1407); the towers on the West Front were built 1432-72, after which the Minster was consecrated.
Because of the length of time taken to build the Minster, the architecture shows the development of the Gothic style from Early English to Perpendicular.
William the Conqueror
Also known as William I, and William the Bastard.
The first of the 16 kings on the west face of the Quire (Choir), showing the Kings of England from William the Conqueror through to Henry VI.
York Minster, also known as 'The Cathedral and Metropolitical Church of St Peter in York'.
There has been a church in York dedicated to St Peter since the 630s, with a stone church built by Oswald of Northumbria in 637. This church was developed in the 670s with the addition of a school and library (a Minster being an Anglo-Saxon missionary teaching church); in 741 the building burned down and was rebuilt, holding 30 altars. During the Anglo-Saxon period (when York was Eoforwic), and then Viking period (Jorvik) there were a series of Benedictine Archbishops including including Wulfstan (d. 956), Saint Oswald (d.992), and Ealdred (d. 1069).
The cathedral was damaged in 1069 and repaired in 1070 by its first Norman archbishop, Thomas of Bayeux (d. 1100); in 1075 the church was destroyed by the Danes, but rebuilt from 1080, the new building was in the Norman style, with white and red rendering.
Following being made Archbishop of York in 1215, Walter de Gray (d. 1255) ordered the construction of a gothic structure. Work began in 1220, with the North and South Transepts completed in the 1250s in the Early English Gothic Style. The Chapter House was began in the 1260s, completed 1296; the nave was began in 1280s, building on Norman foundations, the outer roof was built in the 1330s, with the vaulting completed in 1360s. The choir (the last Norman structure) was demolished in 1390s, and was replaced 1405. The Central (Lantern) Tower was built from 1420 (replacing a c.13th tower that collapsed in 1407); the towers on the West Front were built 1432-72, after which the Minster was consecrated.
Because of the length of time taken to build the Minster, the architecture shows the development of the Gothic style from Early English to Perpendicular.