Cathedral carves a chorister onto its ceiling

Cathedral carves a chorister onto its ceiling

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norman lebrecht

October 01, 2021

Exeter Cathedral has rewarded a chorister’s 50 years service by commissioning a likeness of his head to be set into its 14th century ceiling.

Gordon Pike, who retired from singing last year, said he was ‘gobsmacked’.

The stone head weighs up to 40 kilo.

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