Creighton Hall estate land, St. Thomas

St. ThomasExploratory idea

Land at the church’s historic home in eastern St. Thomas, near the coast. The church wants to talk with partners about returning land not in active use to productive farming and community-minded use.

About this land

Creighton Hall has been the church’s home since the 1970s. In those years the estate was farmed for coconuts, bananas, yams, sugar cane, ginger, and timber, with its own reservoirs and sawmill. Much of that activity has since stopped.

The grounds are reached by Coptic Road, off the main road near White Horses. They include the church’s old octagonal church and several other buildings. Most need repair, and parts of the land have recently been cleared. Restoring buildings could form part of a partnership.

The church commissioned a survey of the registered title in 2025. Areas, boundaries, access, and the current use of each part of the estate will be published once the survey has been reviewed. Nothing here is an offer, a valuation, or a statement about planning approvals.

Availability

Exploratory. The church is open to early conversations while it confirms which parts of the estate are suitable and available.

Uses the church is open to discussing

Agriculture and agro-processing
Restoring existing buildings for community, training, or visitor use
Training and local employment programmes

What the church hopes a partner will bring

Experience running farms or agro-processing in Jamaica
Capital or access to financing
Feasibility, survey, and planning support

Possible partnership models

For discussion only. Terms would be agreed through the church’s review process.

Agricultural arrangement: Farming, out-grower, or agro-processing arrangements suited to the land and local growers.
Long-term lease: A partner leases land for an agreed use and term, with the church retaining ownership.
Joint venture: The church contributes land and a partner contributes capital and expertise to a shared project.
Feasibility partnership: A partner helps study what the land can support before any larger commitment.

Images

The old octagonal church building with a red and green roof and small cupola, seen through mango branches — The old church.

A paved road through dense green trees, with a utility pole beside it — Coptic Road, the access road into the grounds.

The side of the old church: an open-sided building with a red roof and walls painted green, gold, and red — The old church, painted in red, gold, and green.

A two-storey concrete building with barred openings and a rooftop terrace, overgrown with vines, on a slope of recently cleared brush — A two-storey building on the grounds, recently cleared of brush.

A mature mango tree beside low stone walls, with older buildings behind it — Mature trees and stone walls among older buildings.

The side of a long single-storey building next to cleared land, with green hills behind — A single-storey building beside cleared land, with the hills behind.

Inside the old octagonal church, with radiating roof beams and a partly open roof — Inside the old church. Part of the roof needs rebuilding.