Walking through the broad, slate-floored entrance to the Cawdor, you get some sense of the Georgian house of assembly it once was. Grey-and-pink-striped carpeted stairs lead to well-appointed rooms with Egyptian cotton on the beds and marble in the bathrooms, while the downstairs bar and more formal dining room both serve decent meals (mains £11 to £12).
Cawdor
Swansea, The Gower & Carmarthenshire
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