Thetford Great House

Thetford Great House

Thetford Great House

Parish: St.Catherine

Colonel Thomas Fuller received the Thetford property as a reward for his role in the 1655 capture of Jamaica by the British. He and his wife Catherine later gave 30 acres of the land from the estate for the construction of the St. Dorothy's Church.

The exact date of construction of the original house at Thetford is not known. It was destroyed, and the remains can still be seen. During the late Nineteenth Century a new residence was constructed, a two storey Jamaican Georgian house by its owner Vincent Verley.

 

 


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