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The Houses, Gatehouses and Arches of Nannau
1984 Advertising Brochure
1984 Nannu Brochure Text In the glorious setting of the Snowdonia National Park is the elegant Georgian mansion of Nannau. From almost any point one looks out over fold upon fold of...
Hywel Sele (Howel Sele) Lodge
Hywel Sele (Howel Sele) Lodge, like Coed-y-Moch Lodge, seems to have been built between 1794 and 1818 by Sir Robert Williames Vaughan, 2nd Bart. It forms the northern entrance to the...
Nannau from Foel Offrwm in 1918
Nannau from Foel/Moel Offrwm in 1918. Photo courtesy of Philip Nanney Williams. The cropped image (below) shows the sunken garden and greenhouse in more detail. Also, the Pavilion Wings of the house...
Notable Architecture
A few of the notable buildings around Nannau
Drawings by Bethan Rowlands Wiffen
Drawings of some of the Nannau Estate buildings, by local-born Bethan Rowlands Wiffen.
The 1693 – 1794 House
The House of Hugh Nanney Hên (c.1693 – c.1794)
"Old Nannau" (built c.1693) from a sketch by Moses Griffiths (1749-1819) drawn circa 1785. Image courtesy of The National Library of Wales.
Note the...
Plas Nannau Hall Floorplans
Plans of Plas Nannau Hall © Philip Nanney Williams.
The People of Nannau
Coming of Age of R.W. Vaughan, 3rd Bart, 1824 (Part 2)
Chester Courant and Anglo-Welsh Gazette, July 6th 1824
REJOINCINGS ON THE COMING OF AGE OF ROBERT WILLIAMES VAUGHAN, ESQ. (FURTHER PARTICULARS)
We last week noticed some few particulars of the celebration of this...
Brigadier C.H.V. Vaughan Biog
Brigadier C.H.V. Vaughan - Biography
Charles Hilary Pritchard was born on October 29th, 1905. He was the son of Lt.-Col. Charles Hamerton Pritchard. His birth name was Charles Hilary Vaughan Pritchard, but...
Horses and Plas Nannau Hall
Photographs of Brigadier Charles Hilary Vaughan Pritchard’s daughter’s horses at Plas Nannau Hall taken in the late 1950s. They are also interesting as some show the old Pavilion Wings before they...
Walks Around Nannau
Derwen Ceubren yr Ellyll
Artwork Relating to Nannau
Folklore
The Demon Tree – Radio Play
The Radio Play “The Demon Tree” from Dark Fantasy.
From YouTube: I have a weakness for arboreal menace (i.e. killer plants), so this cheesy old...
The Fairies of Llyn Cynwch
The following is taken from “The Story of Two Parishes: Dolgelley and Llanelltyd” written by T.P. Ellis and published in 1928:
The most famous of...
Cadi & The Cursed Oak Book
Cadi & The Cursed Oak
by Kara Gebhart Uhl.
Illustrations by Elin Manon
More Details of the Book Can Be Found Here
"Cadi brought the cup’s silver rim...
