When Brown's Hotel, the legendary drinking haunt of Dylan Thomas in south Wales, last came on the market, it sparked a bidding war won by the television star Neil Morrissey, who fended off rivals said to include Pierce Brosnan.

But should the former James Bond still be interested, he can have a second shot. Morrissey and his business partners are selling up only two years after purchasing the hotel in Laugharne, Carmarthenshire.

Brown's is back on the market along with two other properties in a package valued in excess of £1.5m.