St Nicholas Abbey

One of the most beautiful historical sites in Barbados is St Nicholas Abbey. The plantation house, museum, and rum distillery St Nicholas Abbey is situated in Saint Peter, Barbados. The home was constructed in 1658 by Colonel Benjamin Berringer. There are just three actual Jacobean mansions in the Western Hemisphere, and this home is one of them. It resembles English manor homes from the first half of the seventeenth century, which was the transitional period between the Tudor and Georgian styles beginning with James I's rule.

With the help of Chippendale furniture, curved Dutch gables, tall finials made of carved coral stone, and corner chimneys, St. Nicholas Abbey has successfully recreated 18th-century plantation life as a well-preserved museum. Later additions to the house include the cedar paneling, Chinese Chippendale staircase, and entry portico. The original blueprints imported from England and meticulously replicated probably certainly included the fireplaces and the walled Medieval herb garden.

St. Nicholas Abbey was always a sugarcane plantation residence and has no relation to the church. Although the name's precise etymology is unknown, there is a rumor that it was given in honor of Susanna Berringer's husband, George Nicholas.

Location: Saint Peter, Barbados