Barbados Heritage Architecture

The chattel house in the Modern Imagination.Today, the chattel home is typically photographed as fond memories-- a stunning sign of the West Indies, painted in tropical colours, printed on postcards. But beneath that beauty lives an extensive cultural tradition.
It affected the nation's visual identity, motivating contemporary architectural types with steep gable roofs, verandahs for breeze, and raised structures. It formed how communities grew, where roads curved, how villages formed, and how households declared space on the island.
It likewise formed the national character.
A people who inherited portable identity ended up being stable in other ways: disciplined, versatile, quietly determined, useful, and deeply resourceful. The goods home taught generations how to weather unpredictability, rebuild with dignity, and stand firm without requiring grandeur.
As the senior put it:
" In life, you don't require a palace. You require a home that move with yuh heart."

A Project of: Rogues in Paradise.