Landlord says villagers are treating him like the 'anti-Christ' after he shut its only pub while planning to replace it with luxury homes Drew Donaldson owns the Fox and Hounds pub in Llanharry, south Wales His decision to close the village 'meeting place' has caused an uproar By Cameron Roy Published: 13:03 EDT, 12 August 2024 | Updated: 13:12 EDT, 12 August 2024 e-mail 20 View comments A landlord says villagers are treating him like the 'anti-Christ' after he shut its only pub and announced plans to replace it with luxury homes. Drew Donaldson who owns the Fox and Hounds pub in Llanharry, south Wales, closed the pub in December due to rising costs and a lack of customers. But the decision has caused an uproar in the village as locals claim without the community asset and 'meeting place' village life will be damaged.
The furious locals have now launched a campaign against the plans which involve putting up 'save our pub' posters around the village. More than 600 villagers out of a population of 3,500 joined an online protest group to block Mr Donaldson's aim to turn the pub into three houses. The frustrated landlord said: 'I can't even go to the shop now there.
I'm like the antichrist of Llanharry.' (left to right) Eifion Edwards, Mike Meredith and Adam Purchase are leading the villager's campaign to stop the pub from turning into luxury homes Drew Donaldson who owns the Fox and Hounds pub (pictured) in Llanharry, south Wales, closed the pub in December due to rising costs a.