 x 30ins (2.5ft) model using upcycled wood and polyfilla. There have been calls for the historic 18th century pub in Himley, Dudley, West Midlands, to be rebuilt so Mark said he thought he should do just that. Married Mark, of Wolverhampton, added: 'I felt I had to do something, I've been there plenty of times drinking with friends and it was an iconic place. 'I did it mainly to give to a friend, who was a regular at the pub and lived around the corner from it. He was left devastated when it was burnt down. Mark Winterbottom, 50, was left devastated when The Crooked House went up in flames on August 5 (Picture: Anita Maric/SWNS) He decided to recreate the iconic boozer in miniature form (Picture: Anita Maric/SWNS) 'I was gutted but he watched it go up in flames and was heartbroken by its loss – so I've done it for him really. 'It took a lot of time to do. Having been there enough times you know it like the back of your hand, so it's all been done from memory. 'It hasn't cost me anything apart from my time as I used reclaimed and upcycled materials, like broken bits of dolls houses. 'I used a 3D printer for the bench and man and the whole thing is 1/12th the size of the original building and was rebuilt brick by brick. 'I just wanted to do){kind=link}
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A man left gutted after ‘Britain’s wonkiest pub’ was burned down and demolished has rebuilt the iconic boozer – as a miniature model.
Mark Winterbottom, 50, was left devastated when The Crooked House went up in flames on August 5 in a suspected arson attack.
So he decided to reconstruct the pub ‘brick by brick’ entirely from memory in the form of a dolls house-size model.