External carvings on the South Nave Clerestory, which directs rainwater off the building, have become so badly eroded across the centuries that they are unrecognisable fragments. There is no record of what these carvings originally were, from which to restore them, so the Parochial Church Council (PCC) sought permission to install newly designed carvings, celebrating the achievements of women across history in the fields of maths, the sciences, and engineering. Included are the author Mary Wollstonecraft, who lived in Beverley as a child, and solo aviator Amy Johnson, who was born in Hull – as well as other trailblazers like scientist Marie Curie, and the first British astronaut, Helen Sharman.
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Carvings of local heroes and global pioneers commissioned to replace damaged stonework