Roxborough Great House

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• This property was originally part of a larger estate known as Roxbro Castle. Thomas Albert Manley, father of national hero Rt. Hon. Norman Manley, purchased a portion of the land in the late nineteenth Century. The Manley family lived there until 1903, when Albert died. In 1968, the property was destroyed by fire, and now only the foundation remains as a reminder of the period's architecture. There is currently a proposal by the National Heritage Trust to restore the building. For further information contact: The Jamaican National Heritage Trust, Headquarters House, 79 Duke Street, Kingston (+1 876 922 1287).
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