CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT PLAN VOL. 2 GAZETTEERS DRAFT APRIL 2021 Alan Baxter YORK MINSTER CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT PLAN VOL. 2 GAZETTEERS PREPARED FOR THE CHAPTER OF YORK DRAFT APRIL 2021 HOW TO USE THIS DOCUMENT This document is designed to be viewed digitally using a number of interactive features to aid navigation. These features include bookmarks (in the left-hand panel), hyperlinks (identified by blue text) to cross reference between sections, and interactive plans at the beginning of Vol III, the Gazetteers, which areAPRIL used to locate individual 2021 gazetteer entries. DRAFT It can be useful to load a ‘previous view’ button in the pdf reader software in order to retrace steps having followed a hyperlink. To load the previous view button in Adobe Acrobat X go to View/Show/ Hide/Toolbar Items/Page Navigation/Show All Page Navigation Tools. The ‘previous view’ button is a blue circle with a white arrow pointing left. York Minster CMP / April 2021 DRAFT Alan Baxter CONTENTS CONTENTS Introduction to the Gazetteers ................................................................................................ i Exterior .................................................................................................................................... 1 01: West Towers and West Front ................................................................................. 1 02: Nave north elevation ............................................................................................... 7 03: North Transept elevations..................................................................................... 11 04: Vestibule ................................................................................................................ 16 05: Chapter House ....................................................................................................... 20 06: Range adjacent to North Quire Aisle .................................................................... 24 07a: Quire - north side (western three bays) ..............................................................26 07b: North-eastern Transept ...................................................................................... 29 07c: Lady Chapel north elevation ................................................................................ 31 08: East End ................................................................................................................. 34 09a: Lady Chapel south elevation ............................................................................... 37 09b: Quire South Transept .......................................................................................... 40 09c: Quire - south side (western three bays) ..............................................................43 10: Zouche Chapel, former Consistory Court and Middle Vestry ..............................46 11: South Transept ...................................................................................................... 49 12 – Minster Shop (former library and song school) ..................................................55 13: Nave south elevation............................................................................................. 58 14: Central Tower ........................................................................................................ 62 Interior .................................................................................................................................. 65 A: North Nave Aisle ..................................................................................................... 65 B: Nave ......................................................................................................................... 72 C: South Nave Aisle ...................................................................................................... 80 D: Shop and Song School (medieval Library) ..............................................................86 E: North Transept West Aisle ...................................................................................... 91 F: North Transept ........................................................................................................ 99 G: North Transept East Aisle .....................................................................................105 H: Central Tower ........................................................................................................ 113 I: South Transept West Aisle .....................................................................................117 J: South TranseptAPRIL ............................................................... 2021........................................ DRAFT124 K: South Transept East Aisle .....................................................................................131 L: Vestibule ................................................................................................................ 137 York Minster CMP / April 2021 4 DRAFT Alan Baxter CONTENTS M: Chapter House .....................................................................................................142 N: North Quire/Lady Chapel Aisle .............................................................................148 Space reference: N ....................................................................................................148 O: Quire ..................................................................................................................... 161 P: Lady Chapel ........................................................................................................... 167 Q: South Quire/Lady Chapel Aisle .............................................................................174 R: ‘Consistory Court’ .................................................................................................186 S: Middle Vestry ........................................................................................................ 190 T: ‘Zouche’ Chapel .....................................................................................................193 U: Chapter House Yard range ....................................................................................198 Lower Level Spaces ............................................................................................................. 200 AA: Eastern crypt ....................................................................................................... 200 BB: Western crypt...................................................................................................... 202 CC: Treasury ............................................................................................................... 205 DD: Undercroft .......................................................................................................... 207 Upper Level Spaces ....................................................................................................209 A(U): North nave aisle attic .......................................................................................209 Space reference: A (U) ...............................................................................................209 B(U): Nave attic .......................................................................................................... 211 C(U): South Nave Aisle attic .......................................................................................212 D(U): Shop (historic library) attic ...............................................................................214 E(U): North Transept west aisle attic ........................................................................215 F(U): North Transept attic .........................................................................................216 G(U): North Transept east aisle attic .........................................................................218 I(U): South Transept west aisle attic .........................................................................219 J(U): South Transept attic ..........................................................................................220 K(U): South Transept east aisle attic .........................................................................221 L(U): Tracing loft ........................................................................................................ 222 M(U): Chapter House attic ........................................................................................224 N(U): Quire north aisle attics .....................................................................................225 OP(U): Attic above Quire/Lady Chapel ......................................................................226 Q(U): Quire south aisle attics ....................................................................................228 RS(U): Attic andAPRIL roof above middle vestry/Consistory 2021 Court ...................................DRAFT230 York Minster CMP / April 2021 5 DRAFT Alan Baxter CONTENTS Precinct ............................................................................................................................... 231 1: Dean’s Park Lodge .................................................................................................231 2: Dean’s Park ............................................................................................................ 233 3: Octagonal bench, Dean’s Park ..............................................................................235