York Minster has lodged plans to turn the precinct into a centre of excellence, featuring facilities for research, education and training in craft skills.
If approved, existing buildings within the precinct will be repurposed into two sites – the Heritage Quad and the Works and Technology Hub. The new developments will provide workspace and associated facilities, enabling greater engagement and interaction with the public, and allowing improved links with education.
The £5m project, designed by architects Tonkin Liu, is being co-ordinated by the York Minster Fund.
A planning decision is expected in late summer, with the aim to deliver the scheme in early 2024.
Canon Michael Smith, acting dean of York, said: “Delivery of the York Minster Precinct neighbourhood plan, of which the centre of excellence for heritage craft skills and estate management is a major part, will signal the biggest programme of planned works at York Minster and within the minster precinct neighbourhood in 150 years.”
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Images courtesy of York Minster/Tonkin Liu
