[1][2] There are no records of the house being in existence prior to 1834, when it was leased by the local authority to a family named Scourfield.

[5] After Dylan's own death in 1953, Caitlin Thomas was keen to leave Laugharne because of its painful memories.

[7] Thomas's boathouse inspired Roald Dahl to create his own writing hut at his Gipsy House, his home in Buckinghamshire.

[8] The house is now owned by the Carmarthenshire County Council and serves as a museum,[3] open to the public for most of the year.

[9] The interior of the shed is reconstructed with a writing table littered with discarded papers as though Thomas were in the process of working on a book.