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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Environment
Katie Dickinson

Craftspeople review Rose Window repairs carried out after 1984 York Minster fire

Theo Dives, apprentice glazier at York Glaziers Trust, begins an analysis of York Minster’s Rose Window, part of a significant restoration project (Danny Lawson/PA) - (PA Wire)

Conservation experts are reviewing repairs to York Minster’s famous Rose Window, which were carried out after a devastating fire in 1984, as part of a new restoration project.

The stained glass masterpiece stayed in place despite the fire raging around it, but its 73 panels, containing 7,000 pieces of stained glass, were subjected to 450C heat and cracked in 40,000 places.

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