Casework


Preceding page, the South Porch at York Minster, and, this page left, the porch as it appeared in the 1920s. The decay of some of the 13th-century stone within the porch is readily apparent. The SPAB is urging the conservation of original stonework, if necessary with mortar repairs and shelter coating. The Minster Surveyor and the Dean and Chapter are minded to replace weathered portions with new stone


symposium to discuss a strategy for the future of the figure which is an original part of the design of the window. At the symposium evidence of extensive and learned research was put forward about the archaeology and iconography of the figure. Dr Bruce Induni of the SPAB’s Technical Panel represented the Society and it was his reluctant conclusion, after close study from the scaffolding, that the figure


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was in very poor condition – “the inherent technical qualities of the stone, together with the present extent of decay, make it impossible to predict the effectiveness of any conservation approach”. When the application comes, the Society


will not oppose the removal of the seated sculpture and will advise that it should be carefully removed from the East Front and


retained in a suitably dignified location in the Minster. However, Dr Induni advised that the decorated voussoirs which frame the east window, present a different set of conservation challenges – ones which, we hope, will be the subject of a continuing dialogue between the Society and Minster leading to the retention and conservation of these voussoirs.


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