Comptons of Soho

The building was designed by architects W. A. Williams and Hopton and was built as The Swiss Hotel in 1890.

Williams and Hopton exhibited their design for the Swiss Hotel in 1890 at the Royal Academy.

[2] In 1953, the Welsh poet, Dylan Thomas, left his original manuscript of Under Milk Wood in the Swiss Tavern, where it was later recovered by his producer from the BBC.

[3] By 1986, the Swiss Tavern had been renovated and renamed "Comptons of Soho" as a gay bar.

[4] In November 2006, it celebrated its twentieth anniversary, at which time QX Magazine referred to it as "The Grand Dame of Queer Street".