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17th century The Codrington Plantations were two historic sugarcane producing estates on the island of Barbados , established in the 17th century by Christopher Codrington (c. 1640–1698) and his father of the same name.
By 1913 the owner was Lears Estate Company Lodge St. Michael 170 By 1913 the owner was McConney Lower Birney St. Michael 218 By 1913 the owner was Mahon Lower Estate St. Michael 474 By 1913 the owner was Frere et al. Mount Clapham St. Michael 343 By 1913 the owner was Evelyn Neils St. Michael 213 By 1913 the owner was Gibbs Pine St. Michael 452
Barbados is an island country in the southeastern Caribbean Sea, situated about 100 miles (160 km) east of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.Roughly triangular in shape, the island measures some 21 miles (34 km) from northwest to southeast and about 14 miles (23 km) from east to west at its widest point.
Drax Hall Estate is a sugarcane plantation situated in Saint George, Barbados, in the Caribbean. Drax Hall still stands on the site where sugarcane was first cultivated on Barbados and is one of the island 's two remaining Jacobean houses .
Sir William Courten or Curteen (1572–1636) was a wealthy 17th century merchant, operating from London. He financed the colonisation of Barbados, but lost his investment and interest in the islands to the Earl of Carlisle.
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St Nicholas Abbey is located in Saint Peter, Barbados, and is a plantation house, museum and rum distillery. [1] Colonel Benjamin Berringer built the house in 1658. [ 2 ] This house is one of only three genuine Jacobean mansions in the Western Hemisphere . [ 2 ]
The architecture of Barbados is a reflection of the country's cultural and political history. Originating from the seventeenth-century, the buildings located in Barbados can be seen as being heavily influenced by British colonial and West African architecture.