Owner who ‘ripped out layers of history’ from listed house must pay £300000
A property developer who illegally modernised the historic building behind the hymn All Things Bright and Beautiful has been told by a judge to pay out £300,000 or go to jail.
Kim Gregory Davies leaving Newport crown court. Photograph: Wales News Service
Grade II*-listed Llanwenarth House was built in the late 16th century and was given its special status six decades ago because of its national importance. The Georgian-style manor in the picturesque Usk valley, south Wales, is where Irish Read more [...]