AFTER three weeks of meticulous construction and thousands of pieces carefully put in place, master builder nine-year-old Charlie Finkill has completed his latest gargantuan Lego challenge.

The talented youngster finished building the huge Harry Potter Hogwarts Castle, which has over 6000 pieces and is recommended for over 16s, all by himself.

His feat is made all the more incredible as Charlie has hearing impairments which mean he is unable to hear some sounds and words.

Charlie lives in Hollins with mum Gemma, dad Tom and little sister Sofia, aged four.

Speaking about Charlie’s accomplishment, Mr Finkill said: “It’s a really proud parent moment and a big achievement for Charlie.

“There’s not many people who have completed this epic challenge, let along being nine and doing it.”

“It’s really difficult and there’s well over 6,000 pieces of Lego. It’s ginormous and it’s very highly detailed.”

A life-long Lego lover Charlie built his first set with his dad, The Simpson’s house from the eponymous cartoon, when he was just three-years-old.

Since then Charlie has continued to build bigger and more difficult Lego sets all on his own.

Some of the challenging sets he has completed include The Joker Manor from Batman and the Ghost Busters Firehouse Headquarters from the hit sci-fi film ­— both of which are recommended for children almost twice his age.

When he is not building amazing Lego constructions Charlie can often be found with his dad in their “man-cave” playing on one of their many retro and new games consoles.

A pupil at Our Lady of Lourdes Primary School, Charlie is also a black belt at Karate and loves of maths, science and puzzles ­— even recently building his own working robot arm.

Mr Finkill said: “Charlie is doing really well and is really soaring at school.

“He’s such a likeable kid and lovely child. He’s a real star.

“Charlie has hearing impairments which mean he has to wear two hearing aids. He can’t hear something and never will be able to unless there’s some amazing new technology that comes out.”

He added: “Charlie has over come everything and has taken on these tasks that are at such a higher grade than he should be able to do and he has smashed it.

“We are very proud of him and the way he always excels and takes on any challenge you put in front of him. He’s a dream really.”