Abernethy House

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]

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

^ ^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.

51°33′26″N 0°10′50″W / 51.55734°N 0.18048°W / 51.55734; -0.18048

[NHLE-1] Historic England, "Abernethy House (1113153)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 4 July 2020

[CherryPevsner1998-2] Bridget Cherry; Nikolaus Pevsner (March 1998). London: North. Yale University Press. pp. 222–. ISBN 978-0-300-09653-8.

[VH-3] "A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 9, Hampstead, Paddington. British History Online". Victoria County History. 1989. Retrieved 26 June 2020.

[Glinert2007-4] 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.

[Adcock2015-5] 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.

[SumeraySheppard2011-6] Derek Sumeray; John Sheppard (20 August 2011). London Plaques. Bloomsbury Publishing. pp. 114–. ISBN 978-0-7478-0940-1.

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