Abernethy House at 7 Mount Vernon is a house in Hampstead in the London Borough of Camden. It has been listed Grade II on the National Heritage List for England (NHLE) since May 1974.[1] It was originally built as a girls school around 1819.[1][2] It is a 2-storey house with attics with a double front with 3 windows. A wooden door case surrounds the central entrance.[1]
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The house was a lodging house by the 1870s. In 1873 the writer Robert Louis Stevenson stayed here for the first time.[1][3] it was whilst staying at the house that Stevenson wrote that "Hampstead is the most delightful place for air and scenery near London".[4] Stevenson also stayed here with Sidney Colvin.[5]
A plaque erected by the commemorates Stevenston's stay at the house.[6]
References edit
- ^ a b c d Historic England, "Abernethy House (1113153)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 4 July 2020
- ^ Bridget Cherry; Nikolaus Pevsner (March 1998). London: North. Yale University Press. pp. 222–. ISBN 978-0-300-09653-8.
- ^ "A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 9, Hampstead, Paddington. British History Online". Victoria County History. 1989. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
- ^ Ed Glinert (7 June 2007). Literary London: A Street by Street Exploration of the Capital's Literary Heritage. Penguin Books Limited. pp. 526–. ISBN 978-0-14-102624-4.
- ^ A. St. John Adcock (2 December 2015). Famous Houses and Literary Shrines of London. Library of Alexandria. pp. 110–. ISBN 978-1-4655-9766-3.
- ^ Derek Sumeray; John Sheppard (20 August 2011). London Plaques. Bloomsbury Publishing. pp. 114–. ISBN 978-0-7478-0940-1.