St. Nicholas Abbey

#6 among destinations in Barbados

Distillery, Architecture, Historical place, Food and drink, More...

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St Nicholas Abbey is located in Saint Peter, Barbados, and is a plantation house, museum and rum distillery. Colonel Benjamin Berringer built the house in 1658. This house is one of only three genuine Jacobean mansions in the Western Hemisphere. It's similar to the English Jacobean-era manor houses of the first half of the seventeenth century, the period between the Tudor and Georgian styles, beginning in the reign of James I. ()

Coordinates: 13°16'38"N, 59°35'21"W

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Cherry Tree HillBB26007 Saint PeterBarbados

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+1 246-422-8725

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Day trips

St. Nicholas Abbey – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Port St. Charles, Morgan Lewis Windmill, Harrison Point Lighthouse, Barbados Wildlife Reserve.

3.8 miW
Harbor
Port St. Charles, Speightstown
96 min walk • The Port St. Charles marina is a luxury marina development situated on the western coast of Barbados. Found within the parish of Saint Peter, the marina is in Heywoods and is in close proximity to Speightstown. The Port St.
1.1 miSE
Operational 18th-century sugarcane mill
Morgan Lewis Windmill
30 min walk • Morgan Lewis Windmill, St. Andrew, Barbados is the last sugar windmill to operate in Barbados. The mill stopped operating in 1947. In 1962 the mill was given to the Barbados National Trust by its owner Egbert L. Bannister for preservation as a museum. The site was listed in the 1996 World Monuments Watch by the World Monuments Fund.
4.5 miNW
Lighthouse, Vernacular architecture
Harrison Point Lighthouse
116 min walk • Harrison Point Lighthouse is a lighthouse located in the northern Parish of Saint Lucy, Barbados.
0.6 miS
Nature and wildlife, Park
Barbados Wildlife Reserve
17 min walk • The Barbados Wildlife Reserve is located in the parish of Saint Peter, Barbados. It occupies four acres of mahogany forest near the top of Farley Hill, next to Grenade Hall Signal Station and Forest.
5.3 miS
Forest, Garden, Park
Flower Forest
135 min walk • Flower Forest Botanical Gardens is a horticultural park and tourist attraction near the village of Bloomsbury, Saint Joseph in Barbados. It is a scenic garden park with attractive flowering plants and tropical trees. The 50-acre property was formerly a sugar plantation.
6.4 miSE
Park
Andromeda Gardens, Bathsheba
164 min walk • Andromeda Botanic Gardens is a 6-acre botanical garden and an historic cultural attraction in the village of Bathsheba, Saint Joseph in Barbados.
4.6 miS
View point
Mount Hillaby
117 min walk • The peak of Mount Hillaby is the highest point on the Eastern Caribbean island of Barbados. The peak is located in the parish of Saint Andrew.