A dad who was left heartbroken following The Crooked House fire has rebuilt Britain's wonkiest pub - out of LEGO. <br /><br />Chris Weaver, 39, used 8,000 bricks to create the incredible miniature model of the iconic boozer to mark the six month anniversary of its demise. <br /><br />The teacher spent around £800 and 80 hours in total building the 20ins (1.5ft) x 20ins (1.5ft) replica at his home in Dudley, West Mids. <br /><br />He has accurately reconstructed both the interior and exterior of the Crooked House - complete with its famous slanted walls, grandfather clock and Bank's Ales signs.<br /><br />It even features a little Lego man protester holding a sign declaring, in typical Black Country fashion: "Was bostin' now bosted".<br /><br />There have been calls for the historic 18th century pub in Himley, West Mids., to be "rebuilt brick-by-brick" so Chris said he thought he'd do just that.<br /><br />The dad-of-two added: "Like many I was gutted when the pub burnt down and was demolished as it was only down the road from me and a local landmark.<br /><br />"I went in there when I was younger and I've been a fan of Lego since I was a child so I thought I'd show my support for the cause in the best way I knew how. <br /><br />"During lockdown I dug out my old Lego and built a 10,000 replica of Molineux because I'm a season ticket holder at Wolves.<br /><br />"I vowed after that never to do it again because it cost so much and took such a long time, but when the Crooked House burnt down I decided the time was right.<br /><br />"It was a real challenge to capture the slanted look because Lego is obviously all flat surfaces.<br /><br />"I had to sort of build a swimming pool on the base for it to sit inside and make one side higher than the other. <br /><br />"I would usually work from about 9-10pm onwards once the kids were asleep and sometimes I'd still be working at 3am. It became a labour of love.<br /><br />"I started it soon after the pub burnt down but I wanted it finished for the six month anniversary to get the message about and hopefully help towards getting it rebuilt for real.<br /><br />"It's been stop-start because I've had to order pieces from across the country and even Germany and then had to wait to them for arrive.<br /><br />"I don't draw up any plans, I just build away and see what happens. I just used photos people had posted on social media and on websites.<br /><br />"It is a 95 per cent likeness of the real thing. I just had to move a couple of things about like the grandfather clock so you can see it."<br /><br />Staffordshire Police are still treating the blaze, which happened on August 5 last year, as arson. <br /><br />Five men and one woman were arrested in connection with the fire and remain on bail.<br /><br />Last week hundreds of people returned to the ruins of the pub to mark six months since it was destroyed.<br /><br />And more than 35,000 people have thrown their support behind a campaign to see the pub rebuilt.<br /><br />Chris' models will be on public display at the Black Country Brick Show, which will be held in West Bromwich, in April.
