| Alarm House |
Wynyard couple, and Sir Thomas Reade
|
Alarm
House (courtesy "d'Hautpoul")
|
| Beale Cottage |
See "Terrace Knoll" below |
|
Bertrand Cottage
|
The
Grand-Marshal lived there from 1816 with his family, after they moved
out from Hut's Gate
The cottage is located inside Longwood custodial
"freedom" perimeter, next
to�New
Longwood, at about a hundred paces down from Longwood (Old) House
The buildding has been restored by the St.
Helena National Trust and now renamed "Longwood Farmhouse"
|
|
| Briars (The Briars) |
The Balcombe family, then Admiral Plampin, then
Admiral Lambert
The
"pavillion" where Napoleon lived is the small house that can be seen at
the center of the engraving, closest from the waterfall in the
background
|
The Briars property
|
| Castle (Jamestown) |
Admiral Cockburn, then Sir Thomas Reade
|
Entrance
of "The Castle" in Jamestown
(source: The Friends of St. Helena)
|
| Chubb's
Springs |
Captain James
Bennett & his family
|
|
| Deadwood Farm |
Breame, the East India Company's farmer |
|
| Half Moon House |
The family of deceased lieutenant Richard Knipe;
his
very beautiful daughter
was nicknamed "Bouton de Rose" (i.e. "Rosebud")
by Napoleon and
his suite� |
Ruins
of "Half Moon House"
(from a photo taken by Michel Dancoisne-Martineau)
|
| Horse Pasture Farm, or Woodlands West |
The family of Samuel Knipe, farmer, brother of
the�deceased
lieutenant Richard Knipe |
|
| Hutts' Gate |
Major Harrison, with a guard post and stores
|
Huts (or Hutts) Gate stores
|
| Kent Cottage |
Rev. Richard Boys |
Kent Cottage (photo c.1900, at
the times
of the Boers captivity)
|
| Knollcombe |
George Bingham, then Pine-Coffin
The house
for the
chief of the
armed forces
|
Knollcombe
(at the centre of the engraving)
|
| Knoll House |
Dr Alexander Baxter, then Dr Thomas Shortt |
|
| Maldivia |
Colonel Hodson (nicknamed "Hercules" by Napoleon)
|
Maldivia
|
Mason's Stock House
|
Lieut. Reardon, and a guards post
This house was a stock house belonging to Miss Mason.
It was later acquired by Janish, an emigrant from Germany who was
secretary for Sir Hudson Lowe, and renamed "Teutonic Hall"
The house is in ruins today
|
Teutonic Hall
|
| Mount Pleasant |
William Doveton |
Mount
Pleasant,with Doveton's house and the rock so-called "Lot" in
the background; the valley that can be seen on the left of the
engraving goes down to Sandy's
Bay |
New Longwood House
|
The house was built as the
future "palace" for Napoleon and his suite, as a replacement of the old
Longwood House which was in a very bad state
Napoleon died before moving in it.
The house contained 56 rooms, of various sizes, over an area of about
2200 sq.ft.
The original building was destroyed in 1947.
|
New Longwood
|
| Orange Grove |
Miss Mason |
|
| Plantation House |
Governor sir Hudson Lowe, his family, and his
staff
The house belonged to the East India Company for the official residence
of their governor of the island
|
Plantation
House
|
| Porteous House (Jamestown) |
A
house where Napoleon spent his first night at
St. Helena;�Bertrand and�Montholon families lived there
until
their removal to Hut's Gate and Longwood respectively in December 1815;
it was nicknamed the
"Portions"
house by Countess de Montholon, due to its numerous small rooms
After them, the marquis de Montchenu and his ADC, de Gors, resided there
Wellesley, future Duke of Wellington, also stayed there when he
returned from India to assume the command of the troops during the
Peninsula War
The house was destroyed by a fire in 1862, and has been rebuilt since
|
Porteous
House
|
| Post Office |
Admiral Malcolm and his wife |
Post Office
in Jamestown
c.1900 (source: The Friends of St. Helena)
|
Prospect House
|
Thomas H. Brooke (the
Secretary of the Council of St. Helena)
|
Prospect
House
|
Red Hill
|
Lieut. David K. Pritchard
|
|
| Robinson Farm |
Robinson, a farmer, and his family; the house was
located in a valley down next to Longwood; the farmer's daughter, a
local beauty, was nicknamed "La Nymphe" by Napoleon |
The
house
of "La Nymphe" is the one in ruins on the right |
Rock Cottage
|
House located
near Plantation House and Rosemary Hall; it belonged
to�Balcombe
|
|
Rock Rose
Cottage, or Rock Rose Hill
|
Pritchard
widow; the house is located in the southern part of the island, and is
now in ruins; Napoleon visited it with Gourgaud on the 6th January 1816,
after running
off from Capt. Poppleton
|
Rock
Rose
Cottage (courtesy "d'Hautpoul")
|
Rose Cottage
|
Greentree
family; the house was located at Mount Pleasant, near Doveton's house
It belonged to Greentree, a member of the Council, who married
Doveton's daughter; Napoleon met with her when he visited her father,
at Mount Pleasant, in October 1820
|
Rose Cottage
c.1902
(source: Museum of Longwood)
|
| Rosemary Hall |
The Russian and Austrian commissioners, Balmain
and St�rmer, lived there; the French commissioner, Montchenu, lived in
Jamestown |
Rosemary Hall
|
| Ross Cottage |
The house was not far from Plantation House, and
could be Rock Cottage (it may have been renamed "Ross
Cottage" after his first occupant was Captain Ross, commander of the
Northumberland);�Las Cases and his son Emmanuel
were lodged there,
before their departure from the island; then Sergeant Snell and his
wife were lodged there |
|
| Sane Valley Cottage |
The house is located near Hutt's Gate, and
belonged to Dr Kay, the Company's medical officer in the island; his
daughter, Martha, married Denzil Ibbetson
|
|
| St Matthew's Vicarage |
A small house which belonged to�St
Matthew Church at Hutts' Gate; the Bertrand family was lodged there
before they were moved inside Longwood perimeter; then Denzil Ibbetson
lived there with his new wife |
|
Terrace Knoll
|
A house near
Rosemary
Hall, belonging to Mr. Beale, where Gourgaud�was lodged after
his departure from
Longwood, until he left the island |
|
