Dylan Thomas House — Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom
About Dylan Thomas House
The Thomas family moved into the newly built house during summer 1914 when Dylan was still unborn. Dylan Thomas was born in the upstairs front bedroom (the "best" room, suitable for guests, with a view of the park) on October 27, 1914, roughly three months after his family took occupancy. The house remained untouched from that era, preserving its original Edwardian architecture and interior furnishings throughout Thomas's 20 years living there until 1934. His own childhood bedroom is upstairs, too. Thomas described it as "tiny" and said he needed to go outside to think. Guests can pick the room where they stay, or choose his parents' or sister's digs. Tea, Welsh cakes, and period ambiance are a given, with no t.v. to interrupt the period atmosphere. Want to walk in child-Thomas' footsteps? This is your best bet, and the boy poet's room is the only in the home with a working gas lamp, so…
Literary significance
This is one of those unique stays where "period restoration" captures plenty of Thomas family life without the home containing Thomas family belongings. It's been lovingly restored, with wallpaper stripped, original collors and finishings revealed and returned to their original look, and period furniture and stylings throughout.
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Location
5 Cwmdonkin Drive, Uplands, Swansea SA2 0RA, United Kingdom