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 St.Nicholas Abbey, located
in the parish of St.Peter, was built in 1660 and is one of only three genuine
Jacobean mansions in the Western Hemisphere. Barbados is home to two of these
mansions ... St.Nicholas Abbey and Drax Hall.
Distinguishing features
of this magnificent, well-preserved mansion are: curved Dutch gables, chimney
stacks and coral stone finials, a Chinese Chippendale staircase and fine antiques
and china. A rare 1930s film of sugar plantation life can also be viewed.
St.Nicholas Abbey is not
without its tale of tragedy! The house appears to have been built by Colonel
Benjamin Berringer. His neighbour, friend and business partner was John (later
Sir John) Yeamans. When Yeamans began to pay attention to Mrs. Berringer, a
feud erupted between Yeamans and Colonel Berringer, culminating in a duel in
which Berringer was killed. Soon afterwards, Sir John married Mrs. Berringer
and claimed the Abbey. A court ruling later returned the property to Berringer's
children and the property was named after Berringer's grand-daughter who married
George Nicholas.
Meanwhile, Sir John and Berringer's widow left Barbados in 1669 and helped found
the colony that is South Carolina, USA, with Sir John eventually becoming Governor
of that settlement in 1672. When he died two years later, his widow married
again ... for the third time!
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To visit this beautiful location and others, take an island tour.
Other Barbados attractions and points of interest within 1 mile of St. Nicholas Abbey
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