In Pictures: Tonkin Liu submits plans for York Minster stonemasonry centre

By Tom Lowe2022-04-21T06:00:00

Scheme aims to reverse decline in ancient craft skills needed to maintain city’s minster

Tonkin Liu has submitted plans for a new training centre in the shadow of York Minster that aims to reverse the decline of ancient craft skills including stonemasonry.

The Centre of Excellence for Heritage Craft Skills and Estate Management is part of a wider redevelopment of the cathedral’s 7ha precinct that is the biggest programme of planned works on the site for 150 years.

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