Some years ago he had been seen twice in a very short space of time. It is uncertain which Powell this was, but ever since a sight of a sitting fox on the lawn facing the mansion is a sure sign of an impending death in the Powell family.Īlso, on the driveway near the lake a figure of a man has been seen a few times waving his arms about, looking as though he is herding animals. The two windows were blocked up immediately and completely hidden from the inside (recently the ground floor window of the Morning Room was re-opened to lighten up the room for the hotel). As he made his way to the house, a fox ran across the path of the horse, the startled horse bolted and the man fell to the ground breaking his neck. It is said that a member of the Powell family was returning from war, his wife and daughter were waiting for his return in each of the windows waiting to see him approach the house on the driveway. Originally, there were two windows blacked out, one on the ground floor and the other immediately above on the first floor.
If you look at the west side of the mansion, you will notice a blacked out window. He was a relative of the family and lived to a grand age of 92 and is buried at Llanbadarn Fawr Church, near Aberystwyth. Every year for 69 Christmases he played in the Music/Salon Room (he was known as the Official Harper to the Powell Family).
The highlight at Nanteos every Christmas was Gruffydd Evans playing his beautiful harp.
On a still peaceful night, Gruffydd Evans can be heard playing his beloved harp deep in the Nanteos wood. First we will discuss the ghosts that haunt the grounds of Nanteos we will begin in the woods. It is said that that seven monks came to Nanteos with the dissolution of the monasteries in 1539, with the Cistercian Abbey Strata Florida in danger, the monks fled to Nanteos for safety bringing with them a sacred relic which is reputed to be the Holy Grail. In the dark 60ft long cellar it is believed that seven monks lay buried. Two windows and a large solid front door and very thick walls are in evidence of a previous dwelling, no doubt these walls hold many dark secrets.
However, going back even further in time, a small dwelling was on this site, evidence can be found in the large dark cellar to this day. The present Nanteos built in 1739 is not the first dwelling to be built on this site, there was a previous mansion. The area where Nanteos stands has been occupied for centuries. Nanteos, a Georgian Mansion near Aberystwyth, West Wales located down a long winding road, surrounded by a dark inviting wood. She said “Don’t be scaredĪ chat and a nice cup of tea. The Lady in Grey I visited Nanteos one dayĪnd there stood the Lady in Grey.
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