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| Mt. Rose Great House |
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| Written by Michael Jessamy |
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Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 This is one of the best preserved and model of a Great House in Grenada. Built in the 1700s, the house is situated between Seventh Day Adventist Church and Secondary School along the Mt. Rose main road. The De Gales were also owners of the house which, remained with this family until it was sold to the Courtney family during the 1990s. Regrettably, during this time also, the original furniture, some dating back to the late 1700s, was also auctioned off, many of which did not stay on the Island.
At the time of the cession of Grenada, The 240 acres Mount Rose Estate was owned by a French planter Le Jeune before being owned by a Mess Davison. By the mid 1770s the estate grew to 292 acres with a compliment of 90 slaves with a new and old sugar works. By the end of this period it had the La Taste estate attached to it, was then owned by John Campbell and comprised 596 acres of sugar cane. After this, the property was bought over by the De Gale Family who kept it in their possession well into the 1950s . By the middle 1800, it appeared that a wind-mill was also built as its architectural design and material type suggest. |