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Closure Notices

Tuesday 28 January, 12pm - 2pm: The State Chamber will be closed for a private event

Wednesday 29 January, 2pm - 5pm: The State Chamber will be closed for a private event

Saturday 1 February: The State Chamber will be closed for a private event

Tuesday 4 February – Thursday 6 Feb (inclusive): The State Chamber will be closed for maintenance

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Did you know that there are 280 carved heads on ou

Did you know that there are 280 carved heads on our beautiful 14th-century screen? They depict the whole social order, from Kings and Queens to humble and sometimes comic workmen, wives and friends, caricatures and grotesques. #FridayFact

On Saturday 29 February we're excited to be holdin

On Saturday 29 February we're excited to be holding a day conference as part of our National Lottery Heritage Fund #leavesofsouthwell project. Experts will speak on the processes and people that made our stunning foliate carvings 🌿⚒️
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Book your place via the Cathedral Shop (£20 or £10 for Friends/Stewards/Sidemen)
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Info about the programme is on our website (link in bio)
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📷 Richard Jarvis

Did you know that in the South Quire aisle there i

Did you know that in the South Quire aisle there is a memorial window for the men from Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire who lost their lives in the First World War? It was designed by Nicholas Mynheer in 2014 as part of the centenary commemorations. #FridayFact

Did you know that the features of our Education Ga

Did you know that the features of our Education Garden are inspired by medieval, Tudor, Georgian and Victorian gardens, reflecting the timeline of the Archbishop's Palace? #FridayFact (wishing it was this sunny again... ❄️😎)

Did you know that even though the State Chamber wa

Did you know that even though the State Chamber was restored in the Edwardian era, the beams of the magnificent vaulted ceiling are mostly medieval originals? #FridayFact

Did you know that we call one of the six senior cl

Did you know that we call one of the six senior clergy stalls in our quire "Wolsey’s stall"’? Cardinal Wolsey spent the last summer of his life here in Southwell. #FridayFact

Did you know that the construction of the nave sta

Did you know that the construction of the nave started in 1108 and took 50 years to complete?! #FridayFact

Today's Friday Lunchtime Concert is brought to you

Today's Friday Lunchtime Concert is brought to you by Ockbrook School. Here they are having a great time at their workshop this morning with our Rector Chori!
12.15pm today in the quire, come and see the product of all their hard work (and there's sandwiches beforehand too...)

Did you know that our 'Christus Rex', which hangs

Did you know that our 'Christus Rex', which hangs above the great arch at the east end of the Nave, is 10 feet tall and weighs 7 cwts!?(1cwt = 112 pounds) #FridayFact

Did you know that we have an Anglo-Saxon tympanum

Did you know that we have an Anglo-Saxon tympanum (decoration above a door/window) in the North Transept? This one depicts the angel Michael fighting a dragon while David defends his sheep from a lion 😇 🐉 🐑 🦁 #FridayFact

Why not try something new on your lunch break tomo

Why not try something new on your lunch break tomorrow? Motje Wolf, Philip Leech & Sara Wilander will delight you with their programme of Ravel, Vaughan Williams, Britten and Elgar.

Sandwiches and drinks will be sold from 11.45am with the free concert starting at 12.15pm.

Did you know that the pillars in the Nave are 16ft

Did you know that the pillars in the Nave are 16ft in circumference? 🤯 📏

They support the Triforium (gallery) and Clerestory (the ) creating three different levels! No wonder they're so huge... #FridayFact

Did you know that, when you enter through our Nort

Did you know that, when you enter through our North Porch, you pass through one of the best remaining Norman porches in the country!? The 14th c. oak door is surrounded by seven orders of moulding including one with ‘beaks head’ decoration. #FridayFact (📷 Richard Jarvis)

1 week to go until Jacqui Parkinson returns to Sou

1 week to go until Jacqui Parkinson returns to Southwell Minster with her latest exhibition - Tree of Life and Open Heaven 📅
You can come & see this fantastic follow-up to last year's acclaimed 'Threads Through Revelation' in our Quire Aisles 7am-7pm every day, 15 Oct - 1 Dec 🧵

Did you know that The White Book of Southwell is p

Did you know that The White Book of Southwell is part of our library collection? With copies of 14th - 16th c. papal bulls, royal letters, property charters etc. it's a very important source of history! #FridayFact

Here's a pic of the launch of the 1st print edition in 2018 ✒️

Andy Lester, Head of Conservation at A Rocha UK, w

Andy Lester, Head of Conservation at A Rocha UK, will be preaching at our Harvest Festival on Sun 13 Oct (10.30am) following his ‘Hope for the Earth’ talk at Holy Trinity on Sat. Please stay for lunch afterwards - tickets from the Cathedral shop (£5 adult, under 12's free)

Did you know that the Minster Chorale is made up e

Did you know that the Minster Chorale is made up entirely of volunteer singers & they sing at a variety of services, including the annual All Souls Requiem & the Christmas Midnight Eucharist? #FridayFact
Here they are in 2016 having a great time at Peterborough Cathedral!

...and so it begins 🎉🎉🎉 Many thanks to al

...and so it begins 🎉🎉🎉 Many thanks to all the National Lottery players and the Heritage Lottery Fund who have made this project possible! Look out for updates as the exciting work progresses 🍂 🍀 🍃 #leavesofsouthwell #NationalLotteryHeritageFund

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