National Trust eyes new future for historic Knowsley

The Na­tion­al Trust of Trinidad and To­ba­go is ad­vo­cat­ing for con­trol of the Knowsley Build­ing, which it says has stood emp­ty for the past three years af­ter hous­ing the Strate­gic Ser­vices Agency and the Na­tion­al Op­er­a­tions Cen­tre.

In an in­ter­view with Guardian Me­dia, coun­cil mem­ber Mark Fran­co said the Trust has done year­ly mon­i­tor­ing ex­er­cis­es at Knowsley over the last three years.

De­signed and com­plet­ed in 1904 by Scot­tish firm Tay­lor and Gillies for mer­chant William Gor­don Gor­don for $100,000, Knowsley stands as one of the last re­main­ing colo­nial man­sions of its kind in Trinidad and To­ba­go.