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Exeter Cathedral

Cathedral Church of St. Peter

Opening hours: 09.30-17.00

Map: Exeter city centre external link

Services

Sunday Choral Eucharist 09.45; Choral Matins 11.15; Evensong 15.00
Weekdays Evensong 17.30: Mon (Girls & Men); Tue, Thu, Fri (Boys & Men); Wed (Voluntary Choir); Sat Evensong 15.00
Saint's days Choral Eucharist
Daily Said Matins 07.30 & Holy Communion 07.50

Service Sheet www.exeter-cathedral.org.uk/worship/music-list.ashx external link

Facilities

Entrance: Recommended voluntary entrance donation £3.50

Disabled: Wheelchair access through the West Front

Photography: Permit £1.00

Guided tours: March to October daily: 11.00 & 14.30, Saturday 11.00 & Sunday 13.30 & 16.00

Refectory: Cathedral refectory, coffee shop style, located in the Cloister Room on the South side of the cathedral, open Monday to Saturday, 10.00 - 16.45

Shop: Gift shop in the South Aisle open daily 10.00 -16.45

Toilet facilities: Located on the South side of the Cloister Garden, accessed by leaving the Cathedral through the South Transept or through the West Door

Website: www.exeter-cathedral.org.uk/ external link

Telephone
Tours 01392 285984
Administration 01392 285970
Music & Liturgy 01392 270761

Music

Director of Music
Andrew Millington (since 1999)

Choir
The choir consists of Choristers (boys & girls), Lay Vicars & Choral Scholars (students at Exeter University) 14 men, up to 20 boys and 20 girls who sing with the men on different days and are mostly trained separately.
The choir practice is twice a day with Wednesday as a non-singing day.
All Choristers are educated at Exeter Cathedral School located in the cathedral close. Voice trials held annually in February.

Organ

Built by Loosemore in 1665, rebuilt by Henry Willis 1891, Harrison & Harrison 1965 & 2001, added Minstrel gallery 2002

4 manuals 69 stops:

Pedal 14 stops, Choir 9 stops, Great 14 stops, Swell 14 stops, Solo 10 stops, Minstrel 8 stops

http://www.exeter-cathedral.org.uk/worship/liturgy-and-music/exetercathedralorgans.ashx


Organ specification www.npor.org.uk/cgi-bin/Rsearch.cgi?Fn=Rsearch&rec_index=R00458 external link

Cathedral

Dean
The Very Revd Jonathan Meyrick (since 2005)

Bishop
The Right Revd Michael Langrish (since 2000)

Building
Built in the Gothic style, but incorporating much of a previous Norman building founded in 1133, the present cathedral was completed around 1400.  Giles Gilbert Scott carried out refurbishment in the Victorian era but the building was damaged in World War 2 when most of the stained glass was lost.  Subsequent repairs and restoration revealed remains of the original Roman city and Norman cathedral.  Because there is no centre tower, Exeter Cathedral has the longest uninterrupted vaulted ceiling in England.

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FCM at Exeter

FCM Grants

2010 £25,000
2003 £10,000
1994 £10,000
1984 £7,000

FCM Diocesan Representative

Margaret Rawling 
 

FCM National Gatherings

1962, 1978, 2003

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