School Lands Cottages
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| School Lands Cottages | |
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| Location: | 32°18’4"N, 64°47’40"W |
| Address: | 2, 4 & 6 School Lands Lane |
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The School Lands Cottages are three small houses in Pembroke Parish, Bermuda. They are in the care of the Bermuda National Trust.
The houses have beautiful chimneys, an elegant buttery and an unusual set of lateral steps of a style normally found only in St George's. Originally it was thought that these cottages had been built on so-called School Lands to generate income for the education of poor children. This is not so, as School Lands were further east.
Mary Prince, who in 1831 wrote a famous narrative of her time as a slave, wrote of her time here; it was in the largest of these houses where endured cruel treatment at the hands of 'Captain I; and his wife. In her work, this was the house in which she spent some miserable years.
Outside links
- Protected Buildings: Bermuda National Trust