Despite being classed as 'clinically dead' and told by three different doctors he would never walk again, a Colwyn Bay man has built a shed deemed to be one of the best in the country.

Jack Fetherstonhaugh's, 31, Hapus Yurt has been shortlisted in the Shed of the Year award for the most unique shed category.

The site based just out of Colwyn Bay, where Mr Fetherstonhaugh has lived his whole life, includes a yurt on top of a barn - both connected by a spiral staircase.

The bedrooms are located in the yurt, while in the barn there is a kitchen, living area and bathroom.

The whole shed was built by Mr Fetherstonhaugh with the help of friends and local workers, with a lot of hours put in to getting it up to what it is today.

He said: "It's not your typical shed. I just started and it just evolved a I went along. It wasn't meant to be as weird as it turned out."

It was his background as an artist where the idea for Hapus Yurt developed from and having done a number of building jobs for shops in the area decided it was time to do something for himself.

However, this shed nearly never came about.

At just 21, Mr Fetherstonhaugh was diagnosed with a very rare disease - HSP. He couldn't walk, see and was having dialysis for kidney failure.

He said: "Three doctors told me I would never walk again. So this is not quite what I expected to be doing at this stage of my life.

"I still go in to Glan Clwyd Hospital every other day for dialysis, to clean my blood.

"A doctor came to stay from Sweden and couldn't believe I was alive, he said 'you are clinically dead'."

"But this just goes to show, you can do things if you put your mind to it."

It has taken a few treatments, energy cleansing sessions and "hippy" kind of healing to help him get where he is today.

Voting is now open for the Shed of the Year. By visiting http://www.readersheds.co.uk/index.cfm?type=Unique you can vote for Hapus Yurt in the unique category.