Beverley Minster

Beverley Minster, rising above the market town of Beverley in East Riding of Yorkshire, is one of England's largest parish churches and a sustained exercise in medieval Gothic architecture, with construction beginning around 1225. Founded as the collegiate church of St. John — itself heir to a much earlier Saxon minster — it was stripped of its monastic function during Henry VIII's Dissolution of the Monasteries in 1550, transitioning into an Anglican parish church that it remains today. The 15th-century twin-towered west front is widely regarded as among the finest Gothic facades in England, rivaling many cathedrals despite the Minster never holding cathedral status. Listed as a Grade I building and part of the Major Churches Network, it is fully wheelchair accessible and hosts a regular programme of choral and organ music.