This part of York is called the Shambles. It was never renovated. The medieval buildings have larger second stories, so they hang out over the street.
Another shot of the overhanging buildings.
The Merchant Adventurer's Guild Hall. The Chapel is the stone part on the right.
The Merchant adventurer's Guild Hall was built in the 1300s.
It still has it's original roof structure.
The Guild still meets here.
A carved chest.
Lathe turned spindle chair from the 1800s.
The "evidence box" where all the guilds important legal documents were kept until the 1900s.
This is a little model of the Hall. See how there are two roof ridges with a valley between them? That's called a "double nave". They built it that way because there weren't long and strong enough timbers to span that great a distance otherwise.
Chapel in the Guild Hall. It was redone in the 1700s.
This is the back of the Chapel. It was built this way so that the bedridden people in the hospital could still see the church services.
This is the Merchant Adventurer's Prayer.
This is one of the night shots of York Minster that Ox took last night.
York Minster
The entrance into the choir.
The Five Sisters windows. These are the oldest stained glass windows in the Minster. They are from the 12th century.
A woman with long braids.
They are replacing the parts of the Minster's exterior that have been destroyed by time, weather and smog. The center finial is the original one. None is an exact copy. Just like the Medieval carvers, the artists are given a style to work within, but creative freedom within it.
One of the Five Sisters.
This stain glass window is called "The Heart of York". Can you see why?
A rose window on the side vestibule.
Nice book he's holding. (This is a more modern statue- 1800 or 1900.)
A portative organ!
This plaque thanks a local noble for saving the stain glass windows of York Minster from being destroyed during the English Civil War.
A Henry who is thanked for his generosity in the plaque to the right.
Plaque in Latin below the sculpture to the left.
This shows the shape of all the side stain glass.
Another nice book. Lots of the statues carry books.
King David with a harp. (1900s, but hey, it's a harp.)