A project to build a Lego replica of St Edmundsbury Cathedral is looking for businesses and residents to get involved to help raise £200,000.

East Anglian Daily Times: Progress is being made with Bury St Edmunds Lego Cathedral. Picture: GREGG BROWNProgress is being made with Bury St Edmunds Lego Cathedral. Picture: GREGG BROWN

Nearly 32,000 bricks have already been placed on the recreation of one of Bury St Edmunds’ most iconic buildings by visitors to the cathedral by paying £1 per brick.

There are now sponsorship opportunites available to local businesses and those with a connection to the town and Suffolk.

Marie Taylor-Stent, events and marketing manager at St Edmundsbury Cathedral, said: “We have been so pleased with the response to our Lego project.

“It has given us a chance to reach out to new audiences in a fun but meaningful way. This is an innovative and fun opportunity for local companies to make a connection or reconnect with the cathedral and play their part in the ongoing future of this very special building.

East Anglian Daily Times: Progress is being made with Bury St Edmunds Lego Cathedral. Left to right, Zara Shahid and Amelia Marsh. Picture: GREGG BROWNProgress is being made with Bury St Edmunds Lego Cathedral. Left to right, Zara Shahid and Amelia Marsh. Picture: GREGG BROWN

“This would also make a fantastic Christmas, birthday or anniversary present for a true Lego fan.”

Packages are now available to sponsor the font, the bishop’s seat, the five altars within the cathedral and the pews on the Lego model and there are opportunities to suit every budget.

Marie added:”Sponsorship of the most eye-catching piece in the cathedral – the font – is available at £2,500 for a lifetime platinum sponsorship package. “Alternatively, the bishop’s seat can be sponsored for £1,250, or one or all of the five altars at £500 per altar. Sponsorship of a congregational pew is also available at £125 per pew, with mini figures included.”

Contact 01284 748721 or email events@stedscathedral.org for details.