Synopsis

Dean Marks has harbored a lifelong desire to live within the walls of a church. After a protracted search, he discovered St Martin’s, a grand 18th-century building near Birmingham, its architecture lending it the air of a mausoleum. The church had initially set a price of £25,000, but Dean successfully negotiated it down to £12,500. Now, following four years of persistent efforts to secure planning permission, Dean and his wife, Hilary, are poised to convert this abandoned structure into their f