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Stonemasonry Training Centre at York Minster
27 May 2022
Design: Tonkin Liu
Location: York, northern England, UK

York Minster Stonemasonry Training Centre
York Minster submits plans to create internationally renowned Centre of Excellence

Plans to establish the York Minster Precinct as a world class campus facility for research, education and training in ancient craft skills have taken a major step forward today.

The Centre of Excellence for Heritage Craft Skills and Estate Management will bring benefits including continuing the craft of stonemasonry and encouraging global learning and knowledge sharing, as well as being a shining example of best practice in managing complex heritage estates.
The plans, designed by acclaimed architectural practice Tonkin Liu, have been submitted to City of York Council for the development of two sites ? The Heritage Quad and The Works and Technology Hub.
The £5m fully funded project is being co-ordinated by the York Minster Fund.
The scheme will provide new facilities for craftspeople, including York Minster?s stonemasons, and house and deliver training in modern techniques and processes to apprentices and students in York and further afield, working with cutting edge digital facilities alongside the ancient craft skills for which the Stoneyard is renowned.

Existing buildings within the Precinct will be sustainably reordered, repurpose...