Home | Nannau

[interactive_banner_2 banner_title=”iank114.sg-host.com” banner_desc=”Nannau is located three miles north of the town of Dolgellau in Wales and has been home to two of the most powerful and influential families in the county for hundreds of years, the Nanneys and the Vaughans.

This site is intended to promote the area and to act as a source of information for people interested in the history, as well as more recent news.” heading_tag=”p” banner_image=”id^2763|url^https://nannau.wales/wp-content/uploads/Nannau-Oct-2017-2000×800.jpg|caption^Plas Nannau Hall in October 2017|alt^Plas Nannau Hall in October 2017|title^Plas Nannau Hall in October 2017|description^Plas Nannau Hall in October 2017″ delay_seconds=”400″ banner_style=”style15″ banner_color_desc=”#ffffff” image_opacity=”1″ image_opacity_on_hover=”0.4″ enable_responsive=”yes” responsive_min=”768″ responsive_max=”900″ banner_title_font_size=”desktop:50px;” banner_title_line_height=”desktop:50px;” banner_desc_font_size=”desktop:20px;” banner_desc_line_height=”desktop:30px;”]

Latest Articles

Plas Nannau Hall on 21st July 2026 (Photo © Ian King)

The Houses, Gatehouses and Arches of Nannau

The Arch at Maes-y-Bryner

Arches

This is one several arches commemorating the 1820 coronation of George IV. The wide Tudor arch was Grade II Listed in 1995. It is situated on a private road leading to...

Horses and Plas Nannau Hall

C.H.V. Vaughan

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...

Plas Nannau Hall 1996. Photo © Baron Westwood.

Nannau in the 1990s (Exterior)

Nannau in the 1990s

Lower Lodge

Buildings

Lower Lodge (aka Deer Park Lodge or South Lodge) Lower Lodge is a small, two-storey building, with one room on each floor. It is built in a vaguely similar style to the...

Nannau Hall Owner Could Face £100,000 Bill - Cambrian News 21st October 2021.

Cambrian News – October 2021

Newspapers

Nannau Hall Owner Could Face £100,000 Bill - Cambrian News 21st October 2021.

Nannau Postcard Showing the Left Pavilion Wing

Postcards of Plas Nannau Hall

Buildings

Plas Hen and Caerynwch

Buildings

“Plas Hen” (The Old Court) was the original 15th century manor house of Caerynwch. The current owners can trace their family back to Bleddyn ap Cynfyn, Cadwgan and Madog (Lord of...

Nannau Photographs

The House of Nannau

Plas Nannau Hall - 200 JPG Photo Pack

The People of Nannau

Susan Vaughan Coming of Age Booklet from 1957

C.H.V. Vaughan

Susan Vaughan Coming of Age Booklet from 1957

Dolgelley Postboy Drawing by R.W. Vaughan, 2nd Bart.

Art

A unique drawing from Sir Robert Williames Vaughan, 2nd Bart. It is a drawing of a Dolgelley Postboy showing a postillion type postboy. The drawing was made in 1804. Thanks to Philip Nanney...

Lt. C.H.V. Pritchard, Royal Welsh Fusiliers c.1930. Photo courtesy of Philip Nanney Williams

A Tribute to Brigadier C.H.V. Vaughan

C.H.V. Vaughan

A TRIBUTE Brigadier C H V Vaughan In his foreword to The Red Beret (H. St. George Saunders’ story of the Parachute Regiment), the late Field Marshall Lord Montgomery said that the Parachutist’s...

Sir Robert Vaughan of Garthmaelan – Llanfachreth Address and Presentation 1887

Robert Vaughan of Garthmaelan

We the inhabitants of Llanfachreth Parish and the tenants of the Nannau Estate desire to offer you warmest congratulations, on the attainment of your majority...

Walks Around Nannau

Walks

Precipice Walk

Walks

Foel Offrwm Walk

Walks

Nannau Deer Park Walk

Walks

Foel Offrwm (Summit Walk)

Derwen Ceubren yr Ellyll

The Strangling Oak of Nannau Woods

An Old Oak Tree on the Nannau Estate in 2019

Derwen Ceubren yr Ellyll

Nannau Oaks in 2019

Auctions and Sales

Tamlyns 2008 Auction – Lot 054

Derwen Ceubren yr Ellyll

Yr Hen Ardd (The Old Garden)

Commemorative Arches

Arches

The Arch at Maes-y-Bryner

Arches

The Arch at Hywel Sele Lodge

Arches

Y Garreg Fawr

Arches

1828 Arch at Yr Hen Ardd

Emergency Work on Plas Nannau Hall

The House of Nannau

From The Cambrian News - 13th September 2026. On Wednesday, 9th September, members of Eryri National Park Authority received an update on the state of...

Nannau Galleries at Photography.Wales

The House of Nannau

I have now added most of the photos I have taken of Plas Nannau Hall at photography.wales.

Nannau 3D Commemorative Medal

Art

2025 commemorative silver coin

Nannau Commemorative Silver Coin

Art

2025 commemorative silver coin

Nannau Estate Sale 2025

Auctions and Sales

Details of the sale of the Nannau Estate in 2025

Folklore

The Strangling Oak of Nannau Woods

A few miles north of Dolgelly, the county town of Merioneth- shire, North Wales, in a beautifully wooded park, lies Nannau Mansion, the ancient...

Folklore

Nannau 3D Commemorative Medal

2025 commemorative silver coin

Folklore

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...

12 3 Page 1 of 3

© Copyright 2026 Ian King (MSS Studios), Dolgellau.

The book, "Nannau – A Rich Tapestry of Welsh History" by Philip Nanney Williams is available to buy here.

I would like to thank the following people for their help and contributions to this website (and my previous one at nannau.com): Dennis Yancey (and his Nanney Family Archives), David Brown, Philip Nanney Williams, Christopher Quaile, Miles Wynn Cato (welshart.co.uk), Welsh Antiques (welshantiques.com), The National Library of Wales, The National Museum of Wales and The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales.

Latest Articles

The Houses, Gatehouses and Arches of Nannau

The People of Nannau

Walks Around Nannau

Derwen Ceubren yr Ellyll

Artwork Relating to Nannau

Commemorative Arches

Folklore

Latest Articles

A Rich Tapestry of Welsh History

Gatehouses and Lodges