Llanfendigaid Estate, located on the

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, is a mid- Georgian house that has belonged to the same family for over 600 years. Llanfendigaid is listed Grade II* by

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, a rating given only to houses of exceptional historic interest. The estate once encompassed over , is now reduced to within the

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History

A word borrowed from , its name translates as ''Parish of the Blessed''. The Nanney-Wynn family and their ancestors have occupied the lands of Llanfendigaid since it was first recorded in approximately 1241. The main house was built in the 13th century, and was renovated to its present design in 1746. John Nanney married the Anwyl heiress in the early 17th century. Hence the family is related to Evan Vaughan Anwyl, who descends from

Owain Gwynedd Owain ap Gruffudd ( – 23 or 28 November 1170) was King of Gwynedd, North Wales, from 1137 until his death in 1170, succeeding his father Gruffudd ap Cynan. He was called Owain the Great () and the first to be styled "Prince of Wales" and th ...

. Llanfendigaid is a member of Premier Cottages and is operated as a high-quality flex-catering complex. Listing the home for sale in 2021, the former army officer Will Garton-Jones is the last of 40 generations of the Wynn-Nanney family to own the house, The estate has an asking price of £2m.

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