List of plantations in Barbados
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Barbados has a number of plantations and great house properties that were instrumental in the islands' booming sugar trade. Some properties are now protected by the Barbados National Trust
while others may have been passed-down to current family members.
Barbados National Trust
The Barbados National Trust, founded in 1960, is an organisation which works to preserve and protect the natural and artistic heritage of Barbados and to increase public awareness of Barbados' historic and architectural treasures...
while others may have been passed-down to current family members.
| Name | Parish | Location | Photo | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Balls Plantation | Christ Church | Balls | Once owned by the Balls family, today is the home of the Barbados Horticultural Society. | |
| Brighton Plantation | St. George | Brighton Plantation | Once owned by Sir George Clarke Pile, today it is still owned by the Pile family. | |
| Byde Mill Plantation House | St. George | Byde Mill | ||
| Drax Hall Plantation Drax Hall Estate Drax Hall Estate was a sugar plantation of Saint George in central Barbados in the Caribbean. It is the site where the first sugar cane was cultivated in 1642 and is still only one of two Jacobean houses remaining in Barbados. The estate has belonged to the Drax family since it was built in the... |
St. George | Drax Hall | Once owned by Colonel James Drax, it is one of the oldest remaining buildings with a Jacobean-style of architecture in Barbados. | |
| Francia Plantation Francia Great House Francia, St. George is an atypical but exceedingly elegant historical plantation great house on a wooded hillside near to Gun Hill Signal Station, overlooking St. George valley... |
St. George | Francia Plantation | Currently it houses a private school. It is a designated property of the Barbados National Trust. |