Description

Strawberry Hill became a haven for musicians. Island Records legendary Jamaican artist, Bob Marley, enjoyed romantic rendezvous here, and found shelter and peace after threats to his life in the mid-1970s. Many such artists and visionaries, thinkers and doers, return to Strawberry Hill time and time again for revitalization and renewal.
The first Strawberry Hill Restaurant opened in 1986, winning the National Heritage in Architecture Award. But two years later, Hurricane Gilbert "mash up the place". Blackwell was determined to recapture the Great House's Georgian grace in a contemporary Caribbean vernacular, with young Jamaican architect, Ann Hodges, a specialist in traditional Jamaican building techniques. Their exquisite environment opened as the first Caribbean hotel in the Island Outpost chain in 1994 and won the Governor General's Award for the Use of Wood in Architecture. Three years later, the Hotel received the Award of Merit as the best Resort/Villa/Hotel and the Governor General's Most Beautiful Design Award.
So Strawberry Hill, where Lord Nelson strode and Bob Marley loved, re-invents itself for each new generation. Its majestic natural setting, and the man-made beauty it has inspired in our hotel, will never fail to soothe and stimulate our treasured guests.