Model of Stove House
8" high, cardboard, wallpaper, matchboxes, sellotape,
the details drawn in Biro
made by Helen Scott
found at Stove
Helen Scott was born nearby in 1901 at South Myre and came to Stove as a servant aged 14. After leaving in a state of malnourishment and working as a seamstress sewing men's suits at an island shop she returned and lived with her husband John as crofters in half of Stove House until her death in 1993. their entrance was by the door on the far left of the model and opened straight onto one of her flower gardens.
