Nassau - Balcony House

Balcony House is an 18th-century restored historic structure (1788); the oldest wooden residence still standing in Nassau and a fine example of a tropical colonial house. The interior has been restored using both period antiques and object original to the house with guided tours given.

The house was once leased by newspaper baron Lord Beaverbrook whose guests included Ian Fleming, Lord Mountbatten of Burma and Prince and Princess Michael of Kent (cousins to the Queen).

When the house was built it stood close to the waterfront, though the town has expanded two streets down through infill. One of the early owners was Stephen Dillet, a free black who came to Nassau from Haiti shortly after the 1838 Bahamian emancipation. Not