Priest with an A-level in woodwork builds his own church… out of a garden SHED

Father Stephen Weston from Sutton in Norfolk built Britain's smallest church in his back garden - it measures just 18ft by 13ft wide Tall tale: St Fursey's, in the shed behind Father Weston's house, is so small it barely has enough room for its towering 6ft 4ins builder Arch diocese: The Byzantine arches of St Fursey's have become a local landmark, with Fathr Weston's garden sitting in the middle of a prosaic housing estate By GAVIN ALLEN 26/1/2012 Perhaps Father Stephen Weston took inspiration from the fact that Jesus was the son of a carpenter when he built Britain’s smallest church in his back garden. Father Weston, 63, constructed St Fursey’s Orthodox Church in Norfolk with just an A-level in woodwork, earned 14 years ago, to his name. The byzantine arches of the wooden shed, which is 18ft by 13ft wide, has become a local landmark in the middle of Father Weston’s housing estate.

Father Stephen Weston from Sutton in Norfolk built Britain's smallest church in his back garden – it measures just 18ft by 13ft wide Tall tale: St Fursey's, in the shed behind Father Weston's house, is so small it barely has enough room for its towering 6ft 4ins builder Arch diocese: The Byzantine arches of St Fursey's have become a local landmark, with Fathr Weston's garden sitting in the middle of a prosaic housing estate By GAVIN ALLEN 26/1/2012 Perhaps Father Stephen Weston took inspiration from the fact that Jesus was the son of a carpenter when he built Britain’s smallest church in his back garden. Father Weston, 63, constructed St Fursey’s Orthodox Church in Norfolk with just an A-level in woodwork, earned 14 years ago, to his name. The byzantine arches of the wooden shed, which is 18ft by 13ft wide, has become a local landmark in the middle of Father Weston’s housing estate.

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