Property developer illegally 'used children's gravestones as plaques and installed mosaic-clad jacuzzi' in historic building that inspired hymn

Kim Davies pictured in June of 2015 (Photo: Benjamin Wright/PA Wire)

Benjamin Wright

A property developer who illegally modernised the historic building behind the hymn All Things Bright And Beautiful has been told by a judge to fork out almost half a million euro - or go to jail.

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 composer Cecil Alexander is thought to have written the lyrics to the famous song.