A WEEKEND of spectacular events at York Minster has raised £1.4 million.
The Northern Lights weekend opened on Friday with a gala fundraising dinner enjoyed by 700 guests in the Minster’s Nave, before the cathedral opened its doors after hours on Saturday and Sunday for two sell-out screenings of a new sound and light projection by artists Ross Ashton and Karen Monid.
The events were organised to extend state-of-the-art external glazing to all of the Minster’s historically important windows, 60 per cent of which currently have no protection from the elements.
The work will take 20 years to complete and cost £11m in total.
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