Historic houses · South Wales
Brown's Hotel
Brown's Hotel — a Grade II*-listed historic house in wales-south, United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
- Family-friendly
- Limited wheelchair access
About
Brown's Hotel is a Grade II*-listed building in wales-south, United Kingdom. Grade II* status is conferred by Historic England (or Cadw, Historic Environment Scotland or NIEA equivalents) on buildings of exceptional national interest. See the linked Wikipedia article for full historical and architectural details.
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Heritage listing
http://cadwpublic-api.azurewebsites.net/reports/listedbuilding/FullReport?lang=en&id=9638
From Cadw under OGL v3.
From the Wikipedia article
Brown's Hotel is a guesthouse and pub in Laugharne, Carmarthenshire, Wales. It is a Grade II listed building and is known for being the favourite pub of the poet and writer, Dylan Thomas. He lived in Laugharne from 1938 to 1940 and from 1949 to 1953 in the Boathouse (now known as the Dylan Thomas Boathouse, and open to the public as a museum). Brown's Hotel is situated in King Street close to the 18th-century market house and town hall in the centre of Laugharne. The hotel was sold in 2020 and is owned by Martyn Ingram and his partner Melanie Hamilton-Searle, who bought it from Nigel Short.
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
Background
History
Brown's Hotel was built in 1752, as a private house, before becoming a hotel in the 19th century. The hotel is a Grade II listed building by Cadw. Following in Dylan Thomas' footsteps, other visitors have included U.S. President Jimmy Carter, Richard Burton, Peter O'Toole, Elizabeth Taylor, Patti Smith, Pierce Brosnan, and Mick Jagger. Jagger and Brosnan competed to buy a steel bed that Thomas had once slept in when it was owned by landlord Tommy Watts. Brown's was not used as a hotel from 1958 until 2012. It was owned for a time by actor Neil Morrissey before being sold in 2006.
Architecture
Brown's Hotel has 15 rooms, a conference room, reading room, and bar. The hotel was extensively refurbished by Powell Dobson and has a 1950s ambience. The rooms feature period details, exposed stonework, specially commissioned wall-art photography, original beams, and hand-made furniture.
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 51.7711, -4.4623
- District
- Carmarthenshire
- Parish
- Laugharne Township
- Postcode
- SA33 4RY
- Parliamentary constituency
- Caerfyrddin
- Official site
- www.browns.wales
Sources
- wikidata: Q4975947 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Brown's Hotel, Laugharne (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Brown's Hotel?
- Brown's Hotel is in South Wales, United Kingdom (postcode SA33 4RY), in the parish of Laugharne Township.
- Who owns Brown's Hotel?
- Brown's Hotel is owned by Martyn Ingram and Melanie Hamilton-Searle.
- Is Brown's Hotel a listed building?
- Brown's Hotel is officially recognised as Grade II* listed.
- How do I get to Brown's Hotel?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode SA33 4RY. It sits within the Caerfyrddin parliamentary constituency.