The article names no original builder. Construction of a larger Romanesque church began in 1127, and the present church was undertaken in 1250 and took about a century. The oldest surviving part, from the 12th century, forms the base of the tower. The infobox lists Gothic and Romanesque. The tower is neo-Romanesque and 325 feet (99 m) tall, and the interior is 331 feet (101 m) long. The article gives no materials.
The church became a cathedral in 1834, after the French occupiers had destroyed the earlier Sint-Donaaskathedraal. A fire in 1839 collapsed the roof, and the English architect Robert Chantrell restored it and designed a taller Romanesque tower.
Brussels wall-carpets of 1731 hang inside, and the organ has 60 stops. It is an active cathedral with a concert series since 1952.
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