Nannau, Wales
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Nannau (Welsh for 'the place of many streams'') is a Georgian mansion and estate near the village of Llanfachreth, Gwynedd, North Wales, UK.[3][4] The mansion was initially inhabited by the Welsh Nanney (Nannau) family, who were direct descendants of the Kings of Powys.[5] For over 900 years, the Nannau estate was in possession of the same family.
Nannau | |
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Type | House |
Location | Llanfachreth, Wales, UK |
Coordinates | 52.7703°N 3.8645°W / 52.7703; -3.8645 |
Area | North Wales |
Built | 1795-1805 & 1808 |
Architect | Sir Robert Vaughan, 2nd Baronet & Joseph Bromfield[2] |
Architectural style(s) | Neoclassical |
Website | Nannau.Wales |
Listed Building – Grade II* | |
Official name | Nannau |
Designated | 14 June 1952 |
Reference no. | 4710 |
The dynasty was founded by Madog ap Cadwgan, 1st Lord of Nannau as a cadet branch of the House of Mathrafal. The founder was a son of Prince Cadwgan ap Bleddyn (1051–1111) from the Kingdom of Powys, within what is now the Snowdonia (Eryri) National Park in North West Wales.[5] The Lord of Nannau title continued for four centuries, until the division of the cadet branches. The estate was then passed on to a 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.[2]
The head of the family represented the local county as Sheriff of Merionethshire and held the position 9 times in 400 years between the 16th and 20th centuries.[6] In 1911 as recorded by Encyclopædia Britannica, the families of county rank in the neighbourhood of Dolgellau included those of Nannau, Hengwrt (the famous Hengwrt Welsh MSS), Caerynwch, Fronwnion, Bron-y-gadair, Brynygwin, Brynadda, Abergwynnant, Garthangharad.[7]
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 mansion, 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[8] and its parkland is listed, also at Grade II*, on the Cadw/ICOMOS Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in Wales.[9][10]