A LEGO replica of All Saints Church was the star of the show at this year’s Crondall fete.

Visitors to the fete at Hook Meadow on Sunday, June 19, were challenged by the Crondall Society to guess the number of Lego bricks used to build the replica.

The magic number was 3,753, with Jo Taylor winning tickets to Legoland with a guess of 3,762, and nine-year-old Archie a Lego gift card with the next closest guess of 3,585.

The Crondall Society was formed in 1972 and is mainly about preserving the history and integrity of the village.

Katie Best, the society’s events co-ordinator, said: “We regularly organise events such as historic walks along the footpaths in the village and the beautiful surrounding fields, speakers and quiz nights in a bid to raise awareness of the society and to encourage new residents to join.

“Recently the whole village came together to help raise funds towards the restoration of the All Saints Church’s bell tower and we thought it would be a fun and fitting idea to commission Chris Brown to build an exact replica of the church out of Lego, for visitors to the stand to guess the number of pieces used.”

Katie added her thanks to everyone who came along to the fete and entered the society’s Lego competition.

“One last special mention must go to Chris Brown who worked tirelessly at creating this wonderful replica, which I’m sure you will all agree is outstanding,” she continued. “Thank you so very much Chris - we applaud you!”

The Lego structure will be on display in All Saints Church and later this year will be auctioned at an event, with all proceeds being donated towards the church’s next restoration fund.

This year’s Crondall fete again boasted refreshments, stalls and fun for all ages, and followed Party in the Park a day earlier also on Hook Meadow featuring live music, refreshments, beer, a barbecue, ice cream and pizza.