Plantation House (St. Helena)

Plantation House
Plantation House
Data
place	St. Paul's (District)
Coordinates	15 ° 57 '19.8 "  S , 5 ° 43' 14.9"  W Coordinates: 15 ° 57 '19.8 "  S , 5 ° 43' 14.9"  W.
particularities
Seat of government

Plantation House is a historic building on the island of St. Helena and the official seat and residence of the Governors of St. Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha . It is in the St. Paul's district .

Plantation House was built by the East India Company between 1791 and 1792 as the governor's summer residence. The company ran the island until the formal posting of a governor in 1834, when the island became a crown colony on April 22, 1834 .

The house was extensively expanded in 1816 and 1960. Plantation House is a listed building of category 1 under monument protection .

Turtles

Jonathan the turtle

Jonathan , the oldest resident of the island and probably the oldest reptile on earth, lives in the garden of Plantation House . Some sources, however, even speak of the oldest living land animal on earth. His age is estimated at 176 years (as of 2008). At least four other turtles live in the garden. A fifth died on July 5, 2016, aged about 70.

gallery

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  reception room

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  dining room

Web links

• Information for Plantation House (English)
• Plantation House . Entry in the Historic Environment Record of St. Helena (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Land Planning and Development Control Ordinance, Appendix 3: Listed Buildings, p. 30 ( Memento of March 17, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) (English)
2. ↑ Jonathan the Tortoise. Saint Helena Island Info. Retrieved February 4, 2016
3. ↑ Jonathan the 176-year-old tortoise revealed as world's oldest animal in Boer War photo. Daily Mail, December 5, 2008
4. ↑ Tortoise Myrtle. Saint Helena Government, July 8, 2016.