spire rising over 60 metres, it is constructed with Maltese limestone in a neo-classical style. The cathedral has columns with capitals of the Corinthian order while the capitals of the six columns of the portico are of the Ionic order. The internal dimensions of the building are 33.5 metres x 20.4 metres. Behind the main altar is a painting titled Ecce Homo, the work of A E Chalon, donated in 2014. Steeple The cathedral's steeple is a landmark on its own being notably visible in the Marsamxett Harbour. The church building is listed on the National Inventory of the Cultural Property of the Maltese Islands. On 9 February 2017, the church council launched a project to restore the building and steeple with the aim of raising €3,000,000 to cover the costs. Organ Above the entrance to the cathedral is located the organ that originated in Chester Cathedral in northwest England. The one-manual instrument was built in 1684 by Bernard Smith. There is a long-held tradition that it was played by George Frederick Handel when on his way to Dublin for the first public performance of the "Messiah". It is believed he carried out some final rehearsals to fine-tune some of the choruses at Chester Cathedral in 1742 when the organ was housed in the cathedral. However, it has been changed and rebuilt several times, most recently by Kenneth Jones of Dublin. Association with British military forces The oak panels around the high altar are a memorial to the Allied units which took part in the defence of Malta between 1940 and 1943. Twelve flags hang in the aisles representing amongst others the Royal Air Force, the British Merchant Navy, and the Royal Navy. Chancellors of the cathedral John Cleugh (1844–1877) Henry White (1877–1878) Ambrose Hardy (1878–1895) Arthur Babington Cartwright (1896–1901) Franklyn de Winton Lushington (1901–1903) Daniel Collyer (1903–1905) Charles Samuel Gustavus Lutz (1905) Charles George Gull (1906–1907) Walter Naish (1907–1908) William Evered (1908–1910) Arthur Fowler Newton (1910–1912) Frederick Davies Brock (1913–1919) Archibald Hugh Conway Fargus (1919–1922) Arthur Cyprian Moreton (1922–1926) Noel Ambrose Marshall (1926–1931) Reginald Morton Nicholls (1931–1944) Francis William Hicks (1944–1954) Charles Paton (1955–1958) Henry Rupert Colton (1959–1963) Robert William Pope (1964–1965) Launcelot MacManaway (1965–1966) Donald Young (1966–1967) Henry George Warren MacDonald (1967–1969) Gordon Hyslop (1969–1973) Howard Cole (1973–1977) David Inderwick Strangeways (1977–1981) John Walter Evans (1981–1985) Kenneth William Alfred Roberts (1986–1989) Philip John Cousins (1989–1995) Alan Geoffrey Woods