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and make Ilaro Court the official residence of the Prime Minister. The house was extensively refurbished throughout the early years of the 1980s and filled with antique furniture most of which had been made by the talented prisoners of the
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1925 watercolour painting (10x14 inches) signed by Gilbert Carter of Ilaro Court's swimming pool, with her penciled "Emblem of life which still as we survey -- seems motionless -- yet ever glides away" and " To the
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and was set to be a cultural centre; but the decision was made by the Cabinet to move the Prime Minister's official residence from Culloden Farm where it had been under
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Ilaro Court is now used primarily for official state functions and other events like Carols by Candlelight. The current
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has not indicated yet whether she will reside at Ilaro Court. ce Ilaro Court was built on land of the house
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which ensures that all historic buildings are kept in a decent state of repair, preserving as much of
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bathed when he visited Barbados. The large, park-like garden has a gazebo, fishpond and orchid house.
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designed and developed the extensive gardens in the mid-1920s. Born in 1898 on a tea plantation in
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where the Governor was stationed when he was an officer. This gracious mansion built of local
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1925 letter to her relations in England from Doris Turnbull, with her design of the lily pool.
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Ilaro Court was designed and built in the early 1920s by Lady
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in Barbados, stayed at the residence, with the exception of
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The Journal of the Barbados Museum & Historical Society
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Doris Turnbull exploring the challenge of the site for the
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who lived a year in my pool, from her friend Seminad's".
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The property was purchased in the 1980s by the then
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