List of plantation great houses in Jamaica
This is a list of plantation great houses in Jamaica.
Great houses, or plantation houses, were built at a time when sugar cane made Jamaica the wealthiest English colony in the West Indies.[1] Sugar cane was harvested by enslaved peoples.[2]
British contemporary architecture was adapted to the tropics with features such as wide wrap-around verandas, jalousies, and sash windows to accommodate the Caribbean climate.
- Albion, Saint Thomas.[3]
- Edinburgh Castle
- Halse Hall
- Green Park
- Potosi
- Roaring River
- Rose Hall, Montego Bay.[4]
- Roxbro Castle
- Temple Hall
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "Jamaica Great Houses". Great Houses of Jamaica.
- ^ "Sugar Processing". International Slavery Museum.
- ^ "Albion Great House · National Library of Jamaica Digital Collection".
- ^ https://rosehall.com/
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