Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-94)

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Photo by Sir Percy Shelley 1886

The house where he lived was formerly called 'Sea View' before he renamed it 'Skerryvore' after a lighthouse built by his family's company.  The position of the house is marked by a low wall and there is a model of the lighthouse. The house was demolished by a bomb in world war 2.

Photograph showing the view from Alumhurst Road Westbourne 1910

Photograph of Robert Louis Stevenson Avenue (looking North towards Seamoor Road) where Skerrymore is located 1910