Pelican is a Grade II listed building in the Carmarthenshire local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 25 September 1986. Manse and public house.

Pelican

WRENN ID
tall-moat-nightshade
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Carmarthenshire
Constituency
Caerfyrddin MP: Ann Davies (PC)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
25 September 1986
Type
Manse and public house
Address
Pelican, Laugharne Township
OS grid reference
SN 301 109
Coordinates
51.77118, -4.46259
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The Pelican is a Georgian building that, along with the Manse, forms a pair of three-storey structures with basements and three-window frontages. The Manse has a broader and stuccoed facade, while the Pelican features a cement render. From 1948, the Pelican was the home of Dylan Thomas's parents. The building has a slate roof and brick chimney stacks, with an eaves band. It has recessed small-pane sash windows that are offset to the right, along with a central Palladian semi-circular headed sash window featuring keystones. The entrances have bracketed hoods, with a six-panel door for the Manse and a nine-panel door for the Pelican, both of which have fanlights. A plaque on the second floor of the Pelican indicates that "the two .... pine ends of this building belong to W and M Davies. Built by him in 1866."

Local climate

Pelican sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,250 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 93% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 95% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 16 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 6 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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