Further questions have been raised about the Welsh Government's decision to spend £4..25m on a farm in Powys. Gilestone Farm has been purchased for the Green Man Festival to have a "permanent home" in Wales.
The farm, which has its own colourful history, will become a base for the festival but the event itself will not move from near Crickhowell. Instead, two other events for up to 3,000 people will be held there twice a year, and a brewery will be built. It will remain a working farm and glamping venue. The festival's founder will also live on the site.
The farm went on the market with an estate agent in April 2020 with a £3.25m asking price. The brochure from Charleston's describes it as "one of the finest lowland farms in the County comprising a substantial period Grade II listed eight bedroomed farmhouse, an extensive range of traditional and modern farm buildings set in 242 acres of highly productive arable and pasture alongside the River Usk." The Welsh Government paid £4.25m for it.
