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The Houses, Gatehouses and Arches of Nannau
Nannau Red Cross Auxiliary Hospital 1918
Photos of Plas Nannau Hall When it was a Red Cross Auxilliary Hospital in 1918. Photos Courtesy of Philip Nanney Williams.
St. Machreth Church, Llanfachreth
St Machreath’s Church, first mentioned in documents of 1254, is situated within a curvilinear churchyard, which has been extended to the east. The boundary is circular on the south and west...
Plas Nannau Hall Floorplans
Plans of Plas Nannau Hall © Philip Nanney Williams.
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 ‘Hall’ Grade II* Listing
DETAILS OF THE GRADE II LISTING:
Grade: II*
Date Listed: 14 June 1952
CADW Building ID: 4710 OS Grid Coordinates:
274307, 320814
Latitude/Longitude:
52.7699, -3.8633
National Park Snowdonia History: The ancestral seat of the Nannau family and from the late...
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...
Y Garreg Fawr
Y Garreg Fawr "The Great Stone"
This arch marked the entrance to the Nannau Estate from the Llanfachreth side. The 18-ton lintel was transported over ten miles from near The Roman Steps,...
The People of Nannau
Sir Robert Vaughan of Garthmaelan – Obituary from The Cambrian News, 1941
Great Western Railway officials from Chester and other stations arrived by train at Dolgelley on Monday to pay the last tribute of respect to the late Sir Robert Vaughan, K.B.E., Garthmaelan, who was popularly known as “The railwaymen’s friend.”
1887 Eisteddfod Winning Poem by Rhys Cain (Welsh)
Eisteddfod Entry Winning Poem by Rhys Cain about Robert Vaughan’s Coming of Age in 1887 (In Welsh).
Major-General John Vaughan (1871-1956)
Major-General John Vaughan (1871-1956)
Major-General John Vaughan, C.B., C.M.G., D.S.O., D.L., J.P., was born in Mangalore, India, on July 31st, 1871. He was the second son of John and Elinor Anne Vaughan....
Major-General John Vaughan (Possessions)
Pig-sticking; comprising a bamboo spear, inscribed ”Kadir Cup 1907, won by Major J. Vaughan D.S.O., 10th Hussars on his ch.aus.g. Vedette”, 96 inches (244cm) long; his pony’s hoof inkwell inscribed ”Vedette...
Walks Around Nannau
Derwen Ceubren yr Ellyll
Artwork Relating to Nannau
Folklore
The Gwiber/Wyvern of Coed y Moch
The curse of the Wyvern lay like a pestilence upon the people of Coed-y-Moch. The monster hunted human being and beast alike, destroyed every...
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...
Nannau Oaks in 2019
These photos were taken during Spring 2019. Both trees are located near the site of Derwen Ceubren yr Ellyll, so may well be descended from that tree.
