Wildey House
The headquarters of the Barbados National Trust, is a beautiful old Georgian-style mansion set on beautiful grounds which has undergone extensive renovation. It also houses a fine collection of antique furniture, which was bequeathed to the Trust, along with the house, by the Leacock family. Tour the main public rooms, which have been left in their original style. You will have the chance to see fine collections of Victorian china, crystal and books - all restored - as well as many fascinating images of bygone Barbados. There is also some fascinating family memorabilia, a key to an old way of life.
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The Barbados National Trust is a charitable, non-profit body founded in 1961 to preserve the unique heritage of our island home, be it historic buildings and sites, or places of natural beauty or environmental importance.
The Barbados National Trust
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Gun Hill Signal Station
Strategically placed on the highland of St. George, this 1818 tower is the finest of a chain of signal stations that once carried news across the island at the approach of an enemy or cargo ships. It offers the best views of the island and houses a fascinating collection of military memorabilia. Below the station is the famous lion, carved from coral-stone in 1868 by Captain Henry Wilkinson who was assisted by four military labourers.
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Morgan Lewis Sugar Mill
The largest and only complete sugar windmill surviving in the Caribbean. The wind-driven machinery that ground sugarcane in the 18th and 19ty centuries is still in tact.
Days of Operation: Monday - Friday
Opening Time: 9.00 a.m. - 5.00 p.m.
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Adult: US $10.00
Child: US $ 5.00
Tyrol Cot Heritage Village
Once the home of Sir Grantley Adams, the first premier of Barbados and the only Prime Minister of the Federation of the West Indies. The home is also the birthplace of his son, Tom, the second Prime Minister of Barbados. The beautifully restored 1854 mansion, with its Barbadian antiques, is the centrepiece of an authentic 'chattel house' village that features a market for local arts, crafts, food and drink.
Days of Operation: Monday - Friday
Opening Time: 9.00 a.m. - 5.00p.m. (last tour at 4.00 p.m.)
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Adults: US $11.50
Children: US $6.00
Codrington College
Christopher Codrington III (1668-1710), the benefactor after whom Codrington College is named, was the son of a very prominent Barbadian, Christopher Codrington II, who was at one time Governor General of the Leeward Islands. He went to England where he took a degree at Oxford University and became a Fellow of All Souls College. He served in the Army for sometime before returning to the Leeward Islands to succeed his father as Governor General. His policy of amelioration of the poor whites and slaves brought him into disfavour of the plantocracy. Consequently, he gave up the position of Governor and returned to Barbados to live in retirement at Consetts in St. John.
Codrington College is the oldest Anglican theological college in the Western Hemisphere, built in 1743 after Christopher Codrington III bequeathed the estate and considerable money at his death in 1710. The setting is especially beautiful with a magnificent lily pond and driveway lined with cabbage palm trees and sitting high on a hill in St John, overlooking the Atlantic, it offers one of the most spectacular views of the East Coast of the island.
Admission: Free