Workmen started breaking down the structure which consisted of 3.3 million Lego bricks after no-one showed any interest in taking on the buildingCredit: INS Plans for Legoland to move it to their theme park fell through because transport costs were too high...Credit: INS ...and despite a final Facebook appeal for someone to take it, no-one came forwardCredit: INS The plastic bricks are to be donated to charity once the house on the Denbies Wine Estate in Dorking, Surrey, has been demolishedCredit: INS A spokesman for the estate said that the house had to be dismantled - because it did not have planning permissionCredit: PA "It was never intended to be a permanent fixture on the site as it was a temporary structure that didn't have planning permission," he saidCredit: PA The Lego house was built by the Top Gear presenter for his forthcoming BBC show James May's Toy StoriesCredit: PA Some 1,000 volunteers helped to construct the 20-foot-tall houseCredit: PA James May's Lego house had a bedroom...Credit: PA ...a kitchen...Credit: PA ...a bathroom...Credit: PA ...and a cat, which we assume is now homelessCredit: PA