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Une statue de la reine Élisabeth II est érigée sur le front de la cathédrale d'York à l'automne 2022 pour son jubilé de platine. La statue mesure deux mètres et pèse environ deux tonnes. Elle est inaugurée par le roi Charles III le 9 novembre 2022, deux mois après la mort de la souveraine. Élisabeth II y est représentée dans son habit de l'ordre de la Jarretière et coiffée du diadème d'apparat de George IV, serti de perles et de diamants, créé au début du XIXe siècle.
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Statue of Elizabeth II, York Minster
A statue of Queen Elizabeth II was unveiled at York Minster on 9 November 2022 by King Charles III, two months after the Queen's death in September 2022. The 6ft 7in (2m) tall sculpture was intended to mark the late monarch's Platinum Jubilee and was completed in August 2022, a month before her death. The statue, which stands in a niche on the minster's west front and weighs almost two tonnes, is carved from French lepine limestone. It portrays the Queen wearing her Garter robes and the George IV State Diadem, and holding the orb and sceptre, symbols of authority. The design was chosen by the Queen. The statue was originally to have been unveiled in September 2022, but this was postponed owing to the Queen's death and state funeral that month.
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23 High Petergate
23 High Petergate is a grade I listed building in the city centre of York, in England.
The house lies on High Petergate, one of the main streets in York. It was built in about 1779 at the end of a terrace, with a three-storey, four bay front of red brick, and side and back walls of orange brick. Its external appearance is largely original, including the doorway, windows, and ground floor shutters. The top of a drainpipe is inscribed "1780", while a similar one to the rear is marked "1779". To the side of the front door is a torch extinguisher, made of iron. The garden wall is also original.
A carriage house was added in the late 19th-century, and there were further alterations to the building in the 20th-century. Inside the building, the main feature is an original staircase, rising through all the stories, with a serpentine balustrade, top lit by a glazed dome, surrounded by neoclassical plasterwork. This staircase is described by Nikolaus Pevsner as "exceptional".
The building was grade I listed in 1954.
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2, 3, 4 and 4a Precentor's Court
2, 3, 4, and 4a Precentor's Court is an historic row of three buildings in the English city of York, North Yorkshire. Grade II* listed and standing on Precentor's Court, the buildings date to around 1710.
Police constable William Gladin was living at No. 2 in 1872, while cobbler William Bowes was at No. 3.
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St Michael le Belfrey, York
St Michael le Belfrey is an Anglican church in York, England. It is situated at the junction of High Petergate and Minster Yard, directly opposite York Minster, in the centre of the city.
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Second Boer War Memorial, York
The Second Boer War Memorial lies in the city centre of York, in England.
The war memorial lies on Duncombe Place, near York Minster. It commemorates the soldiers from Yorkshire who died in the Second Boer War, between 1899 and 1902. In total, there are 1,459 names on the memorial. It was designed by G. F. Bodley and constructed by Robert Bridgeman & Sons.
The memorial is in the Perpendicular Gothic style and is built of Ketton stone. It stands on an octagonal stepped base, and its upright is also octagonal, with buttresses and topped with finials. Its top is in a lantern form, and atop that is a cross and small shield. The front has eight niches, holding a statue representing different forces: a sailor, cavalryman, artilleryman, infantryman, imperial yeoman, militiaman, volunteer and nurse. The initial statue of a sailor showed him holding a Lee-Enfield Magazine Rifle Mark I, which was rejected as overly aggressive, and instead installed at the library in Lichfield.
The memorial was unveiled on 3 August 1905, in the presence of Frederick Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts. In 1961, the memorial was struck by lightning. In 1968, it was Grade II* listed.