What is recorded here
This bronze commemorative plaque records: Here Sir J. M. Barrie lodged with Mrs Edwards top flat, West House 1879-1892
Sir James Matthew Barrie, OM, 1st Baronet, was a Scottish author and dramatist best known for creating Peter Pan, the boy who never grows up; his formative years spent lodging in this house from 1879 to 1892 influenced his later literary works.
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