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A garden set out on the site of Robert Louis Stevenson's former home, with a small lighthouse sculpture.

Title

Skerryvore (R. L. Stevenson's House)

Date

1885 & 1957

Accession number

BH4_CS_S012

Acquisition method

constructed by the Bournemouth Corporation

Work type

Sculpture

Owner

Bournemouth Borough Council

Custodian

Bournemouth Borough Council

Work status

extant

Access

at all times

Inscription description

SKERRYVORE / THIS GARDEN WAS DESIGNED AND CONSTRUCTED / BY THE BOURNEMOUTH CORPORATION IN 1957 AS A / MEMORIAL TO ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON WHO / OCCUPIED THE HOUSE ON THIS SITE FROM APRIL / 1885 UNTIL AUGUST 1887. THE HOUSE, WHICH WAS / DESTROYED BY ENEMY BOMBING ON THE 16TH NOVEMBER 1940, / WAS NAMEDAFTER THE SKERRYVORE LIGHTHOUSE BUILT / BY THE STEVENSON FAMILY FIRM ON THE ARGYLE COAST, / AND FROM WHICH THIS MODEL IS COPIED. / STEVENSONE WROTE MANY BOOKS WHILST RESIDING AT "SKERRYVORE", INCLUDING "KIDNAPPED" AND "THE / STRANGE CASE OF DR.JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE"

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