Commission Documentary Unit 3: What is the 'Great South Window' project?

The Great South Window Project.

At the cathedral the workers are currently working on a huge project in which they are replacing stone from hundreds of years ago from one of the largest windows at the cathedral called  the ‘great south window’. The project has been going on since 2012 and will carry on for a few years until all the old, broken stone has either been conserved or new stone has been carved to replace the old stone. The stone is being replaced as it’s getting too broken and old and is dangerous to the Cathedral as it is making the cathedrals foundation weaker. The apprentices get to be involved on the project too as Marella and Jake are both working on Minor mullions – stones that are being fit into the window, so that will be interesting to talk to them about in the interviews on how they feel that at their age they are creating something that will last for hundreds of years.