Locals want to sink £300,000 into buying a pub from £148million lottery winner Adrian Bayford.
The Grade II-listed Rose and Crown is the last remaining boozer in the Essex village of Ashdon, population 893.
It has been shut since July, there is little sign of activity and villagers fear it may not reopen at all after lockdown.
Adrian – who scooped his EuroMillions prize in 2012 – has moved 430 miles away to Perthshire.
Ashdon parish council vice-chairman Philip Player said he would welcome a community bid for the pub.
He added: “We’d like to take it over as a village hub as we’re looking to try to replace the shop, which we lost a number of years ago. There’s no garage, no shop and now no pub.
"We are trying our best to bring the village back into life.”
Locals reckon the pub will sell for about £300,000.
One said: “It was well-supported so it needs to reopen when lockdown is over.”
Parish chairman Mike Elsey said the pub will be discussed at the end of the month. He added: “It’s going on the market. That is all we know.”
Ex-postie Adrian, 49, won EuroMillions with his Scots wife Gillian, 48.
He refused to comment about the pub.
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