York Minster
Gothic cathedral with vast medieval stained glass and a rare masons' tracing floor above its vestibule.
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About this audio guide
This guide to York Minster in York follows the people who cut and shaped its stone, from medieval masons working in a hidden upstairs room to the apprentices in the Minster's workshop today. You'll meet a master mason who looked after the building for nearly five decades, and hear what he said about a young trainee. Best heard in the passage between the North Transept and the Chapter House.
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