Rent Dylan Thomas’ home

This item appears on page 91 of the July 2009 issue.

The family home in Wales where the poet Dylan Thomas lived and wrote for many years can be rented.

In Swansea, 40 miles northwest of Cardiff, the 4-bedroom house is set up as in the 1910s when Thomas lived. Furnishings are of the Edwardian era, and although there is an inside bathroom, heat, gas and electricity, there is no phone, TV, refrigerator or microwave.

The house sleeps six, with rates from £750 mid-week, £1,000 (near $1,455) weekend and £1,500 full week (Friday to Friday) in low season to, respectively, £1,050, £1,400 and £2,100 in high season (summer) and even higher during the Dylan Thomas Festival in the fall and over Christmas/New Year’s.

Contact Number 5 Cwmdonkin Dr. (booking agents at Penlan Cottage, Westport Ave., Mayals, Swansea SA3 5AR, Wales, U.K.; phone [01792] 405 331, e-mail info@5csmdonkindrive.com or visit www.5cwmdonkindrive.com).