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Southwell Minster

Cathedral Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Opening hours: 08.00 - 19.00 or dusk

Services

Sunday Sung Eucharist or Choral Mattins 11.15; Evensong 15.30
Weekdays Evensong 17.45 Monday (Girls' Choir), Tuesday Thursday Friday Saturday

Service Sheet www.southwellminster.org/music-lists.html external link

Facilities

Entrance: Free but £3 suggested donation

Disabled: Easy access for disabled & wheelchair available

Guided tours: Digitally-recorded audio guide, £3; groups by arrangement

Refectory: Refetory situated on the North side of the Minster, open Mon-Sat: 09.30-16.30 (17.00 summer); Sun: 12.00-16.30

Shop: Cathedral shop, next to the Refectory, open Mon-Sat: 09.30-17.00 (16.30 Jan-Mar); Sun: 12.30-16.30

Website: www.southwellminster.org.uk external link

E-mail address: nikki@southwellminster.org.uk

Telephone
Minster Office 01636 812649

Music

Organist & Rector Chori
Paul Hale (since 1989)

Choir
The Minster Choirs consist of the Cathedral Choir (boy Choristers & Lay Clerks who sing 6 services a week); the Girls' Choir (aged 12-18, who sing one to two services a week) and the Minster Chorale (adult voluntary choir, who sing about 24 services a year). The boys & girls are educated at the 900 year old Minster School, now in £34m new buildings. There is a unique music-specialist Junior Department solely for musical boys & girls. The School has Specialist Status for music. A full music list will be found on the Minster website (see link above).

Organ

There is a 4 manual organ by Nicholson of Worcester (1996) on the Quire screen and a 3 manual organ by Binns/Wood (1992) in the Nave Triforium.

Full details of these and the Minster's other organs will be found on the Minster website (see link above)


Organ specification www.npor.org.uk/cgi-bin/Rsearch.cgi?Fn=Rsearch&rec_index=D02714 external link
www.npor.org.uk/cgi-bin/Rsearch.cgi?Fn=Rsearch&rec_index=D06229 external link

Cathedral

Dean
The Very Revd. John Guille (since 2007)

Bishop
The Right Revd Paul Butler (since 2010)

Building
The Normans began rebuilding the entire Saxon church in 1108, completing the Nave in 1150. Only the Tympanum in the North Transept remains of this Saxon Church. The Quire was rebuilt in the Early English Gothic style in 1235 and the Chapter House in 1286. The Quire Screen in the Decorated style was added in 1350 and most of all this is preserved despite the Reformation and Civil War. Some much needed restoration took place in Victorian times including the distinctive 'pepperpot' spires of the West Towers.

Southwell Minster from the NW
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FCM Grants

1977 £3,000
1987 £4,000
1995 £10,000
2000 £15,000
2007 £15,000

FCM Diocesan Representative

Mrs Joan Orton


FCM National Gatherings

1968, 1981, 1984, 1997

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