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York Minster

Religious and Sacred Buildings

York Minster, formally the Cathedral and Metropolitical Church of St Peter in York, is an Anglican cathedral in the city of York, North Yorkshire, England. It is the seat of the archbishop of York, the second highest office of the Church of England, and the mother church for the diocese and province of York, administered by its dean and chapter. It is a Grade I listed building and a scheduled monument.

Facts
Building Type
Anglican cathedral 2
Location
York, North Yorkshire, England 2
Completed Year
1220 3
Completed Year
1472 2
Height (m)
72 2
Classification
Standing StatusSourced to the subject's own account
Standing 1
Building Type
Building Type (category)
Cathedral 2
Connections

Has Building Type

Cathedral, Concepts

Entity-backed identity for the building-type enum value this building already carries, resolved to an architecture concept by an explicit value-to-entity map (phase 3 bucket conversion, docs\design_entity_backed_browse_buckets_20260928.md). The building-type fact itself stays on the building unchanged.

In Style

Gothic Architecture, Styles and Movements

A Gothic cathedral.

Uses Element

Limestone, Architectural Materials
Source York Minster (Wikipedia)
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Sources
1. York Minster (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Entity description and the lead of the Wikipedia article
    York Minster, formally the Cathedral and Metropolitical Church of St Peter in York, is an Anglican cathedral in the city of York, North Yorkshire, England. It is the seat of the archbishop of York, the second highest office of the Church of England, and the mother church for the diocese and province of York, administered by its dean and chapter. It is a Grade I listed building and a scheduled monument.
  • Uses Element: Limestone, Wikipedia article
    The stone used for the building is magnesian limestone, a creamy-white coloured rock that was quarried in nearby Tadcaster.
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2. Wikipedia
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Wikipedia, York Minster, lead section, first sentence
    York Minster, formally the Cathedral and Metropolitical Church of St Peter in York, is an Anglican cathedral in the city of York, North Yorkshire, England.
  • Wikipedia, York Minster, lead section, second paragraph
    the bulk of the building was constructed between 1220 and 1472.
  • Wikipedia, York Minster, lead section, place name
    York Minster, formally the Cathedral and Metropolitical Church of St Peter in York, is an Anglican cathedral in the city of York, North Yorkshire, England.
  • Wikipedia, York Minster, Description section, central tower
    the central tower has a height of 235 feet (72 m).
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3. Wikidata: York Minster
  • Wikidata Q252575, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
  • Wikidata Q252575, P571 claim (w-bbfill-artsarchag-0926)
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