Full Report for Listed Buildings
The list description is not intended to be a complete inventory of what is listed: it is principally intended to aid identification. By law, the definition of a listed building includes the entire building (i) and any structure or object that is fixed to the said building and ancillary to it and (ii) any other structure or object that forms part of the land and has done so since before 1 July 1948, and was within the curtilage of the building, and ancillary to it, on the date on which said building was first included in the list, or on 1 January 1969, whichever was later.
Summary Description
Reference Number
9627
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
10/07/1968
Date of Amendment
25/09/1986
Name of Property
The Boat House
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Carmarthenshire
Community
Laugharne Township
Town
Locality
Easting
230634
Northing
211026
Street Side
Location
The house, above and at right angles to the foreshore with revetment wall to NW end; reached by modern staircase. The tool-shed, on the cliff edge SW of the house.
Description
Broad Class
Domestic
Period
History
Originally a boat building and repair centre from May 1949. From May 1949 until his death in 1953 it was the home of Dylan Thomas, bought for him by Margaret Taylor for £2,500; he called it his sea-shaken house on a breakneck of rocks".
Exterior
Early C19 (known to have existed by 1834) with alterations in 1889. 2-storey, 3-2window rendered front with plinth; slate roof and brick end chimney stacks. Small-pane sash windows with margins flanking fixed paired light window over boarded door. Casement windows to 3-storey rear with outside staircase and verandah.
Single-storey pitched roof and vertically boarded shed with casement windows and double doors to W end. Interior retained as Dylan Thomas kept it; he called it his "water and tree room on the cliff". Originally built as a garage for Laugharne - first car.
Interior
Reason for designation
Group Description
The Boathouse and Dylan Thomas' Tool-shed Study
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