Brimmer Hall is a Jamaican Great House and 642 acre plantation located in Bailey's Vale near Port Maria, in St Mary, Jamaica.
"one of the old plantation buildings"
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Brimmer Hall Estate entrance
In the 18th century during the days of slavery,
Brimmer Hall was a part of a series of contiguous sugar plantations: Tryall, Trinity, Roslyn Pen and Brimmer Hall.
Together they were known as Bayly's Vale on four to five thousand acres owned by Zachary Bayley.
The land was worked by about 1,100 enslaved Africans in this period.
The house has a single story building with high ceilings and polished wooden floors which were constructed by hand out of local hard woods.
It is furnished with original pieces and boasts an exceptional collection of antiques with polished fittings.
There is a wide verandah and out-buildings consisting of storage sheds,
household servant’s quarters, stables,
a pool and 2 kitchens (one for the great house and one for the servants).
In the 1960s Brimmer Hall was owned by Major Douglas Vaughn who developed the location as a tourist attraction.
Brimmer Hall Estate Plantation Tour features a working agricultural plantation where you are shown around in a tractor–drawn jitney.
In 1967 he opened six shops in the former stables, which had previously housed a number of race horses which the shops were named after.
Names included: Grey Owl, Dandy, Creation, Please Forward, Madonna and Rakoush.
This plantation is "Old World" style and still produces sugar cane, coconuts, banana and other traditional Jamaican fruits.
Brimmer Vale High School (top)
The guides will explain the various processes to produce the fine fruits of the island and demonstrations of how to harvest the different crops are shown.
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