<P> Under Lockhart's direction, the crypt and upper church were restored by George Gilbert Scott to their original 13th - century designs . John Francis Bentley designed a choir screen incorporating a confessional, an organ and a choir gallery . The royal coat of arms, added during the reign of Charles I, was removed to the cloister . The church received a relic from the Duke of Norfolk: a piece of St Etheldreda's hand which is kept in a jewel cask to the right of the high altar . </P> <P> The restoration was completed in 1878 and a Roman Catholic Mass was celebrated in St Ethelreda's for the first time in over 200 years . The upper church was reopened in 1879 on the Feast of St Etheldreda (23 June). </P> <P> For many years, St Etheldreda's church was the oldest Roman Catholic church building in England, but since 1971 it has been surpassed by the 12th century church of Ss Leonard & Mary in Malton, North Yorkshire . </P> <P> In 1925, the Royal Commission on Historical Monuments scheduled the chapel as an ancient monument . </P>

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