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Alum Chine Road, BOURNEMOUTH, BH4 8DS

The site of the house where R L Stevenson stayed while writing some of his novels. It was named after the lighthouse built by his grandfather. The house was one of the few in the area to be hit by bombs in the second world war; the grounds are now a public park

This little park is the site of a house called Skerryvore, in which Robert Louis Stevenson lived from 1885 to 1887. The house was destroyed in the war in 1940 and in 1957 Bournemouth Corporation built this – it is a replica of the lighthouse at Skerryvore, 12 miles southwest of the Isle of Tiree (56º19.4'N 7º6.9'W; approximate grid reference NL8426 Image), which Stevenson's (?)uncle, Alan Stevenson, built. Stevenson wrote "Kidnapped" and "The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde" while here.

An Edward VII-reign postbox at the southern end of R. L. Stevenson Avenue. Immediately behind the camera is Image, which explains the Stevenson connection.

Houses that back onto the slope of the chine

A Victorian postbox on the corner of Warren Road.

When Bournemouth became a Local Education Authority in 1903, there were two schools in Westbourne: St. Ambrose infants' and the Westbourne British School which became a council school under the Education Act 1902. The latter, particularly, was in overcrowded and entirely inadequate buildings, and in 1907 after discussions with both schools as to future provision in the neighbourhood, nos. 5, 6, 7 and 8 Middle Road were purchased (Middle Road later being renamed R.L. Stevenson Avenue). For a time, nos. 7 and 8 were rented out (13 shillings a week each) while 5 and 6 were demolished in readiness for the school building. The tender of J.M. McWilliams & Son was accepted on 31 December 1907, at a cost of £2,120. The tenants of those two houses were given notice to quit on 25 November 1907 and the buildings were opened on 16 November 1908. The school closed in July 1962 owing to falling rolls. A special school for those with behavioural difficulties (the 'maladjusted' as they were then called) moved to the site that summer, from premises in Pokesdown, an eastern suburb of Bournemouth. It closed around 1995 when those children were increasingly accommodated in mainstream classes, and was demolished shortly afterwards. These flats now occupy the site – they are very much in keeping with their older neighbours, incorporating the two-tone brickwork above the doors and windows. The remnants of the 'School Keep Clear' zig-zag lines are still evident in the roadway.

A smallish church just south of central Westbourne. The borough boundary with Poole runs immediately behind the churchyard.

Built in 1913.