Rose Hall

Rose Hall is a Jamaican Georgian plantation mansion that has been turned into a historic house museum. It is at Montego Bay, Jamaica, and has a panoramic view of the shore. It was thought to be one of the country's most spectacular plantation grand homes by the 1960s, but it was later renovated. The museum depicts the estate's slave past as well as the tale of the White Witch of Rose Hall.

Rose Hall is commonly recognized as the most visually spectacular and well-known residence in Jamaica. It is a Jamaican Georgian-style home with a stone foundation and a plastered top level high on a hillside with a panoramic view of the seashore.

Henry Fanning purchased 290 acres of caneland for £3,000 in 1742. It had previously been known as "True Friendship" and belonged to Richard Lawrence. On July 16, 1746, Henry married Rosa Kelly, but he died soon after. His widow inherited the estate and married George Ash, a local plantation owner who carried out Fanning's dream of constructing Rose Hall. It was built for £30,000 and richly ornamented with carved mahogany and stone. Ash, on the other hand, died in 1752. Rosa married for the third time in May 1753 to Norwood Witter, who lived until 20 May 1765 and consumed a large portion of her riches. She married John Palmer, a widower who owned the adjacent estate "Palmyra," in May 1767.

Location: Montego Bay, Jamaica