Decision details
P-04-664 Develop Tynton Farm as a Visitor and Information Centre
Decision Maker: Petitions Committee - Fifth Senedd, Petitions Committee - Fourth Assembly
Status: For consideration
Is Key decision?: Yes
Purpose:
This
petition was submitted by Martyn Hooper having collected 112 signatures
Text of the Petition
We
call on the Welsh government to acknowledge the important contribution of Dr
Richard Price not only to the eighteenth century Enlightenment, but also to the
making of the modern world that we live in today, and develop his birthplace
and childhood home into a visitor information centre where people of all
nationalities and ages can discover how his significant contributions to
theology, mathematics and philosophy have shaped the modern world.
Additional Information
Tynton
Farm in Llangeinor, the birthplace and childhood home of Dr Richard Price is
for sale. Once derelict, the farm has been sensitively restored and almost all
of the original features have been preserved. The Richard Price Society is
aware that the house attracts visitors from all corners of the globe and this
is attested by the previous owner's Visitors Book that was signed by visitors
to the farm. The position of the farm and its provenance would make it an ideal
learning centre where people can find out just what an important person he was
and remains. This is an opportunity to buy the property at market value and
help celebrate the achievements of Wales' intellectual giant and apostle of
liberty.
Assembly Constituency and
Region
• Ogmore
• South Wales West
Decisions:
The
Committee considered correspondence on the petition and, given the petitioner’s
view that the opportunity to achieve the aims of the petition has now been
lost, agreed to close the petition and thank the petitioner for engaging in the
petitions process.
Publication date: 08/11/2016
Date of decision: 01/11/2016
Decided at meeting: 01/11/2016 - Petitions Committee - Fifth Senedd
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