The Tin Church

The Church of All Saints, Brokerswood

This tin mission church was originally erected at Southwick to replace the iron church there that had been destroyed in a fire in 1897. When a new stone church was built in Southwick in 1905, the tin church was taken down and reassembled at Brokerswood on land given by a Mr Asher of Wimborne. It has a stone and rubble foundation and a raised wooden floor, while the main structure is of wood with galvanised corrugated iron cladding. There is a small vestry annex at the north east corner and a high pitched bell over the main west entrance. There are no mains water, gas or electricity and heating is by portable gas heaters and lighting by oil lamps. The church was restored in the 1990s and is still used for services.

Very misty start to the day, but we were on a mission - to have coffee at Bean Shot and nothing was going to stop us!

The mist cleared on the outskirts of Bruton, the small town where Bean Shot is situated, and the sun shone brightly, as if even the elements were favouring it! The framer we like to use is next door, so Sav dropped off the The Leopard for framing and we had our much longed for coffee ... and then another one!

Home via The Tin Church and settled down to watch the rugby, believing it to be England v South Africa, only to find that Sky have outbid the BBC again, so it's Wales v Fiji that we've got on in the background as I blip. Keeping an eye on a live text feed of the England game ... Maybe it's just as well I can't see it as we are currently 3-10 down! Wales on the other hand, are doing rather well! Dewch ar Cymru!