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Construction on a new £2.5m community Twitter
centre for Magor and Undy could begin
early next year.
The scheme to create a building for We at MCL have decided to
the village communities on the Three embrace new technology to
Fields site has been approved by give our readers even more
Monmouthshire County Council’s from the wonderful county we
planning committee. cover.
The hall will provide a sports hall, a That means you can now
youth room, changing rooms, offices, follow us on Twitter whereWhat a wonderful
kitchen, bar and toilets. we’ll be giving you regular up
Other plans for the site include dates about things that are
planting rare species of apple trees on an happening, events we’ve beenplace for a holiday
orchard for use as an educational resource attending and general items
and building a bridge to connect the site of interest from around
to the tennis courts. There will be parkingolidaymakers in Monmouthshire are enjoying Monmouthshire.
for 34 cars.the novelty of staying in a windmill, after the Our Twitter address is
The driving force behind campaign is www.twitter.com/mclmagazinecompletion of its three-year restoration.H
the Magor and Undy Sports and Leisure – we look forward to keepingLlancayo windmill was built in 1813 by soldier-
Association. The group has already you in the picture.turned-farmer Edward Berry. The five-storey building
secured £800,000 in Assembly funding Our editor, Jo Barnes, hasworked for around 25 years before being ravaged by
and other grants. been busy these last couple offire.
It is believed it will be the first months – here’s just a snippet
The grade II listed building near Usk then stood enviromentally-friendly community centre of some of the things she’s
untended until local property developer Peter Morgan in Wales. been up to...
Andy Quine, the association’sstarted work on restoring it in July 2006. Watching Ian Luther
chairman, said work to secure a lease withMr Morgan, 46, described the 60ft windmill as ‘the perform at The Lion Inn,
MCC and raise the remaining money hasmost striking landmark on the road between Usk and Trellech, during their recent
begun.Abergavenny’ and spent £400,000 on work. beer festival... enjoying the
“We are looking at using sustainableHe bought the windmill as part of 200 acres of Saturday afternoon openair
materials to build the centre and using performance of The Scarecrowland 10 years ago but it took Mr Morgan seven years
renewable sources such as wind or solar and the Servant at Abergavennyto gain planning permission.
power to run it,” said Mr Quine. Castle followed by a deliciousNow it serves as a six-bedroom holiday let, with
“The centre will be at the forefront of cream tea at The Angel Hotel in
spacious lounge, TV room, a dining area and a balcony technology with low running costs. The the town... meeting up with
overlooking the Monmouthshire countryside. It sleeps group is looking at recycling water and Andrea Scholl, of Andrea
drawing heat from the ground.”12 people and is available for between £1,200 for Scholl Interiors, for lunch at
Councillor James Harris, treasurer ofthree nights and £4,000 for a week in peak season. the Beaufort Arms in Raglan
the association, said the scheme wouldMost of the windmill’s original stonework was in and tucking into a superb
bring the communities of Magor andgood condition so refurbishment work focused on new grilled mackerel on a bed of
Undy together and be a landmark for thefloorboards and partitions, new oak windows and a fennel and new potatoes...
area.new cap on the tower. visiting the stalls in Chepstow
“We have several small halls in the High Street and watching theThe final item to be fitted was the 60ft steel sail. It
area but no focal point in a large hall. This dancers during the recent Two
turns on windy days, but aims to bring the communities together
River’s Folk Festival... shoppingMr Morgan plans to power and serve a multi functional use,” he said.
at the new Waitrose store in“We can hold other activities such asit through a generator.
Caldicot... enjoying an eveningproductions, playgroups and fitnessMr Morgan has been
of piano recitals and songs fromsessions here.”developing properties for
the shows at Brockweir Festival.the past 10 years. He and
his wife Helen, 43, have
also bought Pencoed Competition
Castle, near Magor, and
will be converting it into
offices and holiday winner
homes. Thank you to everyone who entered the
compeition from the last edition of MCL to
win one of two copies of Food Wales, a
second helping. The lucky winners were: Mrs
MCollier, of Chepstow; and Mr MPeterken,
of Chepstow. Turn to page 55 to be in with a
chance of winning one of four pairs of
weekend passes to Abergavenny Food
Festival in September.
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