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Completed Projects

Small House in Falmouth

Posted on March 5, 2024 by Administration

November 2014 saw the start of work to restore a small Georgian house on King Street in Falmouth. This privately owned house is one of many in the town whose owners cannot afford the cost of conservative repair, and one… Continue Reading →

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Hanover Parish Church, Lucea

Posted on July 2, 2018 by Administration

In 2000, the Society contributed £1,000 towards the repair of the roof of St Mary’s Church in Lucea, capital of the parish of Hanover. The church is 200 years old and has a number of interesting monuments including one to… Continue Reading →

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The Iron Bridge at Spanish Town

Posted on July 2, 2018 by Administration

Iron Bridge, Spanish Town, St. Catherine, 1801, the earliest iron bridge in the Americas Built in 1801 from prefabricated cast iron sections imported from West Yorkshire, Spanish Town’s Iron Bridge was the first of its type to be erected outside… Continue Reading →

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St Peter’s Church, Falmouth

Posted on July 2, 2018 by Administration

St. Peter’s Church, Falmouth Trelawny, 1796 Completed in 1795 at a cost said to be as high as £10,000, this proud cutstone structure with its tall tower and stylish ‘Gothick’ window tracery was built on four adjoining lots of land… Continue Reading →

Completed Projects Barrett, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Falmouth, Good Hope, St Andrew, St Peter's, Tharp, Trelawny

St Mark’s Church, Rio Bueno

Posted on July 2, 2018 by Administration

Rio Bueno, a charming little town on the island’s North Coast, retains many of its cutstone Georgian buildings including (albeit somewhat decrepit) the Wellington tavern, a little hotel described by Monk Lewis in 1816 as “a very good inn”. Before… Continue Reading →

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The Falmouth Post Office

Posted on June 28, 2018 by Administration

Built some time after 1832, The Falmouth Post Office is one of the finest examples of a merchant house-store on Jamaica’s north coast. The FGSJ contributed some years ago to a restoration of this building in Market Street, since when… Continue Reading →

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  • Association for Studies in the Conservation of Historic Buildings

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Restoring

Properly restored and maintained, historic buildings can serve their local communities in different ways: practically, they house post offices, courthouses and churches, as well as private dwellings; economically, they form the basis of heritage tourism which can help struggling towns survive. They also reinforce a community’s pride in its local and national heritage.

The conservation and preservation of Jamaica’s historic records and material culture – its furniture, paintings and other objects from the past – are essential in helping people to understand Jamaica’s fascinating history.

Saving

Many historic buildings disappear every year as a result of extreme weather and unchecked degradation. While there is recognition at government level and from heritage and conservation organisations of the need to preserve and restore Jamaica’s historic buildings, funding is frequently a problem. It is therefore all the more important that we contribute what we can to restoration, both to help preserve historic buildings and to support the organisations on the island which are struggling to carry out this important work.

Historic documents are liable to deteriorate in Jamaica’s extreme climate. Concerns over daily environmental challenges as well as dramatic events such as storms and earthquakes should focus attention on efforts to record and digitise historic materials.

TRAINING

Training young people in the required restoration skills can also provide a route to employment in specialist conservation and preservation work.

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