York Minster

York Minster
The Cathedral and Metropolitical Church of Saint Peter
The southern façade of the cathedral including the rose window on the south transept.
York Minster Location within North Yorkshire
53°57′43″N 1°4′55″W / 53.96194°N 1.08194°W / 53.96194; -1.08194
OS grid reference	SE 603 522
Location	Deangate, York[1]
Country	England
Denomination	Church of England
Churchmanship	Anglo-Catholic[citation needed]
Website	www.yorkminster.org
History
Status	Cathedral
Founded	627; 1397 years ago (627)
Dedication	Saint Peter
Consecrated	3 July 1472
Associated people	William of York
Architecture
Functional status	Active
Heritage designation	Grade I
Designated	14 June 1954[2]
Previous cathedrals	at least 3
Architectural type	Cathedral
Style	Early English, Perpendicular
Years built	c. 1230–1472
Groundbreaking	673
Completed	1472
Specifications
Length	524.5 feet (159.9 m)[3]
Nave length	262 feet (80 m)[4]
Width	222 feet (68 m)[3]
Nave width	98 feet (30 m)[4]
Nave height	99 feet (30 m)[3]
Choir height	102 feet (31 m)[4]
Number of towers	3
Tower height	Central Tower: 235 feet (72 m)[3] Western Towers: 196 feet (60 m)[3]
Bells	36
Administration
Province	York
Diocese	York (since 314)
Clergy
Archbishop	Stephen Cottrell
Dean	Dominic Barrington
Precentor	James Milne
Canon(s)	1 vacancy
Canon Pastor	Timothy Goode
Canon Missioner	Maggie McLean
Archdeacon	Samantha Rushton
Laity
Director of music	Robert Sharpe
Business manager	David Colthup (Chapter Steward)
Scheduled monument
Official name	York Minster cathedral precinct
Designated	8 October 1937
Reference no.	1017777
Listed Building – Grade I
Official name	Cathedral Church of St Peter, York Minster
Designated	14 June 1954
Reference no.	1257222

York Minster, formally the "Cathedral and Metropolitical Church of Saint Peter in York", is an Anglican cathedral in the city of York, North Yorkshire, England. The minster is the seat of the archbishop of York, the third-highest office of the Church of England, and is the mother church for the diocese of York and the province of York.^[5] It is administered by its dean and chapter. The minster is a Grade I listed building and a scheduled monument.

The first record of a church on the site dates to 627; the title "minster" also dates to the Anglo-Saxon period, originally denoting a missionary teaching church and now an honorific.^[6] The minster undercroft contains re-used fabric of c. 1160, but the bulk of the building was constructed between 1220 and 1472. It consists of Early English Gothic north and south transepts, a Decorated Gothic nave and chapter house, and a Perpendicular Gothic eastern arm and central tower.

The minster retains most of its medieval stained glass, a significant survival among European churches.^[7] The east window, which depicts the Last Judgment, is the largest expanse of medieval stained glass in the world. The north transept contains the Five Sisters window, which consists of five lancets, each over 53 feet (16.3 m) high, filled with grisaille glass.^[8]