The carved figures have been all but invisible for 170 years but are having a makeover
A chorus of angels has emerged from the gloom of a church's roof after a project to gild them.
The ten oak sculptures were placed 10m up in the nave of St Mary's, in Nottingham's Lace Market, 170 years ago but have become all but invisible in their lofty position.The church's vicar said their transformation had been "spectacular."The angels were designed for the 500-year-old church by renowned Victorian church architect Sir George Gilbert Scott, who was also behind the Midland Grand Hotel at St Pancras Station.
The Reverend Tom Gillum said: "Scott was a great fan of gilding, so nobody really knows why our angels didn't get that treatment."We've tried to research it but we haven't found the answer. "What we do know is that they have been incredibly hard to pick out - most people would not know they are there.
"The Friends of St Mary's decided to raise money to get them gilded to celebrate their 40th anniversary.
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