Things to do in Rose Hall To Greenwood
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Rose Hall Great House
This mansion, with its commanding hilltop position 3km east of Ironshore, is the most famous great house in Jamaica. Construction of the imposing house was begun by George Ashe in the 1750s and was completed in the 1770s by John Palmer, a wealthy plantation owner. Palmer and his wife Rose (after whom the house was named) hosted some of the most elaborate social gatherings on the island. Slaves destroyed the house in the Christmas Rebellion of 1831 and it was left in ruins for over a century. In 1966 the three-story building was restored to haughty grandeur. Beyond the Palladian portico the house is a bastion of 18th-century style, with a magnificent mahogany stairca…
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Greenwood Great House
This marvelous estate sits high on a hill 11km east of Ironhshore. Construction began on the two-story, stone-and-timber structure in 1780 by the Honorable Richard Barrett, whose family arrived in Jamaica in the 1660s and amassed a fortune from its sugar plantations. (Barrett was a cousin of the famous English poet Elizabeth Barrett Browning.) In an unusual move for his times, Barrett educated his slaves. Unique among local plantation houses, Greenwood survived unscathed during the slave rebellion of Christmas 1831. The original library is still intact, as are oil paintings, Dresden china, a court jester’s chair and plentiful antiques, including a mantrap used for catc…
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White Witch’s Hideaway Pub & Grill
An atmospheric dungeonlike pub beneath the Rose Hall Great House that once served as a dungeon of sorts. The barkeeps will tell you all about it in gruesome detail. It serves typical Jamaican meals, plus fish and chips, sandwiches and other snacks.
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Beach
This private beach 3km east of the Wyndham Rose Hall Resort is a white-sand paradise offering water sports including PADI-certified diving, banana-boat rides, jet-skiing and parasailing. There’s a restaurant and bar.
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Level Crossing
After exploring Greenwood House you can drink a cold one at the atmospheric Level Crossing, a bar situated near the entrance to the house.
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