St Mary's Church, Beverley

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.

Systematic rebuilding began in the late 13th century, during the Decorated period, when a large chapel was added on to the east side of the north transept.

[3] This rebuilding work began immediately after the collapse, the south arcade bearing an inscribed date of 1524 at both east and west ends.

[5] In 2020, the restoration of the stonework started with the replacement of some weathered stone carvings with newly commissioned figures based on characters from The Chronicles of Narnia books by C. S.

[7][8][9] 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 organ, said to 'boast a richly carved oak screen with handsomely decorated front pipes'.

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.

East window of northeast chapel, built in the 1330s or 1340s. The stained glass is from the 19th century, by Clayton and Bell .
The font of 1530
Designs for the carvings of Mary Seacole and Ada Lovelace