The Minster Centre
The Minster Centre
The Cathedral Chapter owns a nineteenth-century three-story building, which lies to the north-west of the Minster, flanked by the churchyard. This was built in 1820 as the Collegiate Grammar School with a Schoolmaster’s house. It remained the Minster School until 1964 and since then had been let as offices. In 1996 a Refectory and Shop were built nearby, and an audio-visual theatre and an exhibition of Minster life were developed within the old schoolroom. The main building is now a resource and education centre, with offices for the Minster on the
ground floor and commercial lettings on the first floor.
Available facilities
The following facilities are available for the use of the Minster Community and for visitors, and are also for hire for more general education activities:
- The Audio-Visual Room suitable for lectures and videos.
Seats 80 people. - The Henry Watkins Room location of the Theological Library.
For hire in the evenings. Seats 24 people. - The Garfield Western Room a lecture room seating 24 people.
- The Esmee Fairbairn Room seating 24 people.
- The Edward Wilson Room a seminar room seating 15 people.
- The Bond Gallery a collection of antiquarian prints of the Minster.
The centre is open:
Mondays to Fridays
9.00 am to 5.00 pm
Saturdays
10.30 am to 3.30 pm
Sundays
2.30 pm to 4.30 pm
Bookings
For further information, or to make bookings:
( 01636 812649
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