Firefly was once the home of Noel Coward, British playwright and wit. He died here and is buried at the bottom of the garden under a plain marble slab an eternal "Room with a View" over the sweeping vista of Port Maria Bay and Cabaritta island. Coward's heirs gave the property to the nation. 

Firefly is now leased to Chris Blackwell who has restored and refurbished it, and created a Coward museum complete with video presentation, theatrical memorabilia and some of Coward's own paintings. Blackwell, whose mother was a close friend of Coward's, is the music promoter who discovered Millie (My Boy Lollipop) Small and launched Bob Marley.  

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