£100,000-plus was raised through the build, with each £1 donation funding the addition of one new Lego brick to the model.
Dean Joe Hawes said the decade-long effort overcame hard-to-read instructions, volunteer rota pressures and the disruption of the global pandemic.
Four cathedrals have hosted similar Lego builds—Durham, Exeter, Chester and now St Edmundsbury—turning the model into both a visitor attraction and a community fundraising project.
As more cathedrals complete their Lego replicas, what is the long-term plan for these massive, intricate models?
With Lego now selling its own giant church sets, could these community fundraisers face unexpected commercial competition?