BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Every Wednesday from now until April 9, 2008, the Barbados National Trust’s Open House Program provides entry into rich historic homes that reveal a range of lifestyles, architecture and historical features across the sun-drenched island of Barbados.
The Open House Program gives locals and island visitors the opportunity to visit private properties that usually remain closed to the
general public.
Admission to the Open House Programme for National Trust members is $5 USD ($10 BDS), $9 USD ($18 BDS) for non-members, per house each week.
Whether seeking an up-close and personal look at the island’s rich history, or in search of interior design and decorating ideas, visitors are
sure to be fascinated by this year’s Open House Program.
This year’s schedule of events includes: Andrew’s Sugar Factory, inhabited by the manager of one of Barbados’ two functioning sugar factories, reflecting a life of travel in other sugar -producing countries.
The Windward home, beautifully situated in gardens on a ridge of the Sandy Lane Golf Course, formerly the retreat of legendary racing driver, the late Count Johnny Lurani.
St. Nicholas Abbey, not a traditional, religious Abbey, but one of only three surviving Jacobean -style houses in the Western Hemisphere, was built in the mid-17th century and is set in 200 acres of cane.
Pollards Mill built circa 1722, combines the best of both old and new, as the property’s many lives have included that of a plantation, a hotel
and a fine restaurant. Today the whole complex is surrounded by 2.5 acres of walled tropical gardens.
For decades, Open House season has been the National Trust’s most popular annual fundraising series, offering insight and entertainment for
its patrons. Funds raised support heritage preservation efforts in Barbados.
