St. Ann Heritage Sites

Welcome to the JNHT St. Ann Heritage Sites.

Our Lady of Perpetual Help - Only the Church walls were built as in 1534 the Spanish centre of Government was moved to Spanish Town.
St. Ann Parish Church - was completed in Sept 1871, and was consecrated by His Lordship the Bishop of Kingston, Rt. Reverend Reginald Courtney
Ocho Rios Fort - rebuilt by Reynolds Jamaica and contains two of the original guns from Ocho Rios
St. Ann's Bay Fort - erected about 1750.
Buxton - This free village was established by Rev. John Clark
Clarksonville - named by Rev. John Clark in 1835
Sturge Town - named after Joseph Sturge, established in 1839
Bellevue Great House - there are two separate Taino sites on the property.
Belmont Great House - owned by John Davis during the last century.
Bromley Great house - made of wood with cut stone foundation, dates from the Eighteenth Century.
Cardiff Hall Great House - The Blagrove family owned Cardiff Hall from 1655 to 1950
Liberty Hill Great House - Liberty Hill Plantation was first listed in the Crop Accounts in 1786 as a pimento plantation.
Mount Plenty Great House - a three storey building. The lower level forms a basement made from cut stone
Ramble Great House - part of the Ramble Estate, previously known as Finger Post.
Roaring River Great House - good example of the architectural re-adaptation of classical Georgian into a tropical setting.
Seville Great House - is symbolic of the English period.
York Castle Great House - The York Castle High School which now stands on the site was established there in 1874.
Edinburgh Castle - as the remains indicate, comprised a small rectangular building with two circular loopholed towers at diagonally opposite corners.
Edinburgh Castle Development Proposal
32 Market Street - the birthplace of Marcus Mosiah Garvey, Jamaica's first National Hero.
Seville Heritage Park - an ideal spot for picnics, relaxation, and for the adventurous.
Cave Valley Chimney - probably built in or about 1872 as the plaque on the chimney bears that date.
Drax Hall Waterwheel - Drax Hall Estate was founded in 1669 by William Drax.
Minard and Hope Estates - By 1882 this estate and the New Hope Estate comprised 1,794 acres of which 506 acres were in Guinea Grass
Moneague Inn - In 1860 it was described as “the best hotel in the island”