Brown's Hotel, Laugharne

Browns Hotel
The hotel
Brown's Hotel, Laugharne is located in Carmarthenshire
Brown's Hotel, Laugharne
Location within Carmarthenshire
General information
LocationLaugharne, Carmarthenshire, Wales,
Coordinates51°46′17″N 4°27′44″W / 51.77139°N 4.46222°W / 51.77139; -4.46222
OwnerMartyn Ingram and Melanie Hamilton-Searle
Technical details
Floor count2
Design and construction
Architect(s)Powell Dobson
Other information
Number of rooms14
Number of restaurants1
Website
browns.wales
Listed Building – Grade II
Official nameBrown's Hotel
Designated30 November 1966
Reference no.9638[1]

Browns 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.[1][2] 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.[2]

  1. ^ a b "Full Report for Listed Buildings - Brown's Hotel". Cadw. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Brown's Hotel in Laugharne due to re-open later this month after sale to business couple". Western Telegraph. 4 October 2020. Retrieved 25 June 2021.