26/12/2025
Location: the plant nursery at Hope Gardens, Kingston Dec 2025
These historic buildings are surrounded by beautiful old trees & were part of the former Hope Estate founded in 1660 by Major Richard Hope who received the land as a reward.
Pictured here (1+2) was the Overseer’s House (front and back). Deducing that pic 3 is the remnants of the Enslaved Hospital Building which was located near the nursery in the former sugar works area, close to the overseers’ house and aqueduct.
Not photographed Is The Aqueduct served as Kingston’s water source from 1766 & is still in use taking water to the reservoirs in the gardens.
The old Liguanea and Kingston Waterworks started in 1845, became National Water Commission.
Info Courtesy of Marcia Thomas & Jamaica Colonial Heritage Society.
