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organ, said to 'boast a richly carved oak screen with handsomely decorated front pipes'. In 1889 the same firm installed a detached console besides the choir stalls and pneumatic action was added throughout. In 1908 it was completely rebuilt by Messrs Lewis & Co of London, when the oak case of the previous organ was discarded. In 1954 a major overhaul was carried out by local firm Messrs Hall & Broadfield which replaced the pneumatic action with an electro-magnetic mechanism and transformed the three-manual organ into a four-manual instrument. The completed rebuild was dedicated in 1957.
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on 29 April 1520, the central tower collapsed, ‘and overwhelmed some that then were in ’. Much of the work on the eastern end of the nave was undone, though the aisle walls were little damaged. The central tower and the nave arcades and clerestory were entirely rebuilt, though the clerestory windows
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by the addition of a south aisle to the previously aisle-less chancel, in conjunction with a widening of east aisle of the south transept. The nave aisles were completely rebuilt in the early 14th century. In the 1330s or 1340s the chancel was given a north aisle, the three easternmost bays of which
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According to George Oliver (writing in 1829), an organ built by Donaldson of York was placed in the rood loft at the east end of the nave in 1792, at a cost raised by voluntary subscription of £311, the subscribers appointing Mr Lambert as organist. In 1869, Messrs Forster and Andrews built a new
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arches were reused, but set on new piers. Bequests for this work were made in 1451–3, and further bequests in 1498–1500 funded the rebuilding of the west end of the nave aisles. Also installed throughout the 15th and into the 16th centuries were the series of fine wooden ceilings for which the
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A few 12th and early 13th century fragments remain scattered throughout the church. These are numerous enough to determine that by the mid-13th century, the church consisted of an aisle-less chancel and transepts, an aisled nave, and probably a crossing tower.
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suggests that "ossibly they were reused in spite of the radical damage done by the falling tower". This rebuilding work began immediately after the collapse, the south arcade bearing an inscribed date of 1524 at both east and west ends.
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In 2021, as part of a programme celebrating women in the restoration of the stonework of the church, it was announced that stone figures of nine women will include Hull born pilot and engineer
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building is known. The most recognized is the chancel ceiling, originally of the mid-15th century but entirely repainted in 1863, with depictions of forty English kings from the mythical
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was added to the nave. The south porch and a clerestory for the chancel followed in the early 15th century. The transepts were rebuilt with clerestories in the mid-15th century; the
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In 2020, the restoration of the stonework started with the replacement of some weathered stone carvings with newly commissioned figures based on characters from
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The 19th century saw significant restoration undertaken at St. Mary's, in 1829–30 under William Comins, then under
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Building work at St Mary's ceased in the mid-14th century, as in so many cases throughout England, because of the
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East window of northeast chapel, built in the 1330s or 1340s. The stained glass is from the 19th century, by
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period, when a large chapel was added on to the east side of the north transept. This was followed
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The present font dates from 1530, the gift of a Beverley draper, William Leryffax. Made of
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St Mary's was established in the first half of the 12th century as a daughter church of
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were made into a superb chapel with Flowing tracery and a tierceron-star
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Pevsner, Nikolaus; Hutchinson, John; Neave, David; Neave, Susan (2002).
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Pevsner, Nikolaus; Hutchinson, John; Neave, David; Neave, Susan (2002).
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Systematic rebuilding began in the late 13th century, during the
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marble, it is richly ornamented with a defaced inscription.
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The Decorated Style: Architecture and Ornament 1240–1360
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with east aisle, north transept with east chapel and
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OS grid reference
TA 03150 39805
Denomination
Church of England
stmarysbeverley.org
Dedication
St Mary
Grade I listed
Parish church
Style
Gothic
Province
Province of York
Diocese
Diocese of York
Vicar(s)
Anglican
parish church
Beverley
East Riding of Yorkshire
listed building
Beverley Minster
cruciform
nave
chancel
transept
crypt
sacristy

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