Hunkered on the southern slopes of the Cwm Prysor valley in the heart of Snowdonia stands Yr Ysgwrn, a dignified farmhouse, listed Grade II* since the late 1980s. Yr Ysgwrn came to international recognition in 1917 as the home of one of Wales’ best-known poets, Ellis Humphrey Evans. Known by the bardic name of Hedd Wyn (Blessed Peace), he represents one of the greatest tales in Welsh history. Killed at the Battle of Pilkem Ridge, or more generally known as Passchendaele, on 3