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Roshven House was bought by Hugh Blackburn and his wife Jemima (née Wedderburn) in 1854. There was no road to the house and everything had to come by boat, a 5-mile row from Lochailot. (A road was finally built in 1966) The house wasn't in very good repair so an Architect was retained to make alterations.
Hugh and Jemima's son Alan, who was married to Esther (née McLaren) also lived there. Their son Peter lived in the house with his wife Pauline (née Post) until he died in 1965. Pauline stayed on for a while but then built herself a small 'modern' house which was properly insulated and more comfortable! Of Pauline and Peter's children, their eldest son Alan and his wife Mary-Anne (née Boddy) lived in Roshven Farm but now (2011) the main house has been converted and is let out by the week and the farm land has been sold off in lots. There are 5 chalets on one of the resulting properties which can be rented for a week at a time (see the Roshven website).
The chalets look across a small field to a private beach ...
... and there is also a small peninsula (on the right) where a number of family members (and many more people in times gone by) are buried - some with headstones but many without.
Members of the Blackburn family buried there include: Hugh Blackburn and Jemima plus their daughter Margaret, Peter Blackburn and Pauline, Peter's sister Carmen, William Blackburn and Vere. |
