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Nannau
Plas Nannau.jpg
“The highest situation of any gentleman’s house in Great Britain.”
Type House
Location Llanfachreth, Gwynedd
Area North Wales
Built 1795-1805 & 1808
Architect Sir Robert Vaughan, 2nd Baronet & Joseph Bromfield
Architectural style(s) Neoclassical
Website Nannau.Wales
Listed Building – Grade II
Official name: Nannau
Designated 14 June 1952
Reference no. 4710
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Nannau (English: the place of many streams) is a Georgian mansion and estate near the village of Llanfachreth, Gwynedd.

The mansion was originally inhabited by the Nanney (Nannau) family, who were direct descendants of the House of Mathrafal, of the King of Gwynedd and Powys.

The estate of Nannau was founded by Madog ap Cadwgan, 1st Lord of Nannau, son of Prince Cadwgan ap Bleddyn (1051-1111). The Lord of Nannau title continued for four centuries, until the division of the cadet branches. The estate was then passed on to an heiress, Janet, who married into the Vaughan family of Hengwrt in 1719. In 1795 their descendants, the Vaughan baronets, replaced the then 17th-century mansion with a new house co-designed by Joseph Bromfield, which still stands today. In 1911 as recorded by Encyclopædia Britannica, the families of county rank in the neighbourhood of Dolgellau include those of Nannau, Hengwrt (the famous Hengwrt Welsh MSS), Caerynwch, Fronwnion, Bron-y-gadair, Brynygwin, Brynadda, Abergwynnant, Garthangharad.

By the mid-20th century the estate was 'wrecked' and a succession of short-term owners saw much of the land sold off, the demolition of some of the 18th-century house, and failed attempts to establish a hotel at the hall. By 2020 the lead from the roof had been stolen and the house was 'deteriorating rapidly'. Nannau is a Grade II* listed building.

Images for kids

  • Corffddelw - effigy of Meurig ap Ynyr Fychan, Nannau 09

    Meurig ap Ynyr Fychan effigy, St. Marys church, Dolgellau

  • Oak Tree at Tyn Y Llwyn near Meifod. The property of Sir Robert Williames Vaughan-Bart (1132774)

    Nannau Oak tree.

  • Bronze Age Palstave, Palstave (FindID 777732)

    Palstave from the Middle Bronze Age Acton Park II period c. 1500-1400 BC, part of an example of the Arthog hoard

  • The Nannau Gatehouse at Coed y Moch - geograph.org.uk - 502185

    The gates

  • Nannau House Llanfachreth Wales 2010

    The rear elevation

  • Ceubren Yr Ellyll

    Ceubren Yr Ellyll (The Oak of the Devils in which Hywel Sele was said to have been entombed.

  • DV 27 No.30.Nannau

    Nannau painted by Moses Griffith (artist) c. 1808.

  • DV 27 No.31.Old Nannau

    Old Nannau sketch by Moses Griffith 1797, built by Huw Nanney, circa 1697.

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