It suffered modest bomb damage during the Blitz of the Second World War and was restored in 1953 . In 1993 , the church was half destroyed when a massive IRA bomb exploded 7 metres from the church , devastating Bishopsgate and causing an estimated £ 350 million worth of damage . An evangelical faction of the Church of England proposed to demolish St Ethelburga 's in the aftermath but , following a sustained public outcry , it was rebuilt to its original plan , though much changed internally
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1993 Bishopsgate bombing
St Ethelburga's Bishopsgate