Historic Homes in Barbados

An island filled with such history that dates back centuries ago is bound to have some aspect of that history still standing. Such history can be seen in the very historic homes that still grace the island. As you can imagine, a great number of age is associated with these homes as many of them were built in the 17th and 18th centuries. Many of them have been refurbished and brought back to as close to the original state as possible.

The now historic homes that once belonged to plantation owners were built after the British arrived in Barbados in 1625. Many of these now historic homes were built with Jacobean and Georgian styles while the modest chattel houses  inhabited by slaves were built of wooden structures set on blocks which aided in easy movement from one plantation to another.

A great amount of thought went into the construction of these historic homes as they were all built with the awareness that the island of Barbados sits in a hurricane belt. As a result their walls were thick, their roofs highly pitched and designed in a four hip style to shift the raging winds and hoods and shutters attached to the windows to shield strong winds and rains throughout the passage of tropical storms.