Verdmont

{{Short description|Historic house in Smith's Parish, Bermuda}}

{{for|the US state|Vermont}}

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Verdmont, located at 6 Verdmont Lane, off Sayle Road, at the top of Collector’s Hill, in Smith's Parish, Bermuda is a historic house built c. 1710, now operated as a museum by the Bermuda National Trust. It is essentially structurally unchanged since it was built and it became a museum in 1956. The house is listed as part of England's "African Diaspora Heritage Trail", part of UNESCO's Slave Route Project.{{cite web|title=African Diaspora Heritage Trail |url=http://www.gotobermuda.com/uploadedFiles/GetHere/MapsAndBrochures/SubContent/ADHT.pdf|publisher=African Diaspora Heritage Trail|accessdate=14 February 2013}}

In the 17th century, before the house was built, the property belonged to William Sayle, who left Bermuda to become the first governor of South Carolina in 1670.

The house was built by John Dickinson who was a shipowner and was the speaker of the House of Assembly of Bermuda from 1707 to 1710.{{cite book|title=Frommer's Bermuda 2012|year=2011|publisher=John Wiley & Sons|isbn=9781118141465|pages=224|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aFXGI8us4QwC&pg=PT134|author=Darwin Porter|author2=Danforth Prince |accessdate=15 February 2013}} p. 134 later owners was the painter and judge John Green. The house has four large chimneys and contains collections of antique Bermuda axelwood furniture, Bermuda portraits, and English and Chinese porcelain.

The period-style gardens have a panoramic view over Bermuda's south shore and include roses, herbs, and other plants cultivated in the 18th century.{{cite web|title=Museum Register|url=http://www.museumregister.com/bermuda/verdmont.html|accessdate=14 February 2013}}{{cite web|title=Museums & Historic Buildings, Verdmont|url=http://www.bnt.bm/Places_to_Visit/verdmont_museum.php|publisher=Bermuda National Trust|accessdate=14 February 2013}}

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