Goldeneye (estate)
| Goldeneye Hotel | |
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 Location within Jamaica
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| General information | |
| Location | Oracabessa |
| Coordinates | 18°24′37″N 76°56′37″W / 18.410406°N 76.9436502°WCoordinates: 18°24′37″N 76°56′37″W / 18.410406°N 76.9436502°W |
| Owner | Chris Blackwell |
| Management | Island Outpost |
| Website | |
| www.goldeneye.com | |
Goldeneye is the original name of James Bond novelist Ian Fleming's estate on Oracabessa bay on the northern coastline of Jamaica. He purchased land (15 acres (61,000 m2)) adjacent to the renowned Golden Clouds estate in 1946 and built his home on the edge of a cliff overlooking a private beach.
Constructed from Fleming's sketch, the modest three bedroom structure was fitted with wooden jalousie windows and a swimming pool. Fleming's visitors at Goldeneye included actors, musicians and filmmakers. The property now operates as Goldeneye Hotel and Resort, an upmarket retreat consisting of Fleming's main house and several cottages.
The estate is located in the Oracabessa Bay Fish Sanctuary, established in 2011 to protect the area's marine ecosystem. It is adjacent to James Bond Beach.
The land is on the site of a former donkey racetrack. The home was built on a cliff overlooking a private beach based on a sketch by the author and stressed such simple features as glassless windows.
In spite of its obvious proximity to Golden Cloud, Fleming claimed a number of origins for the name Goldeneye, including Carson McCullers's 1941 novel, Reflections in a Golden Eye and Operation Goldeneye, a Second World War era contingency plan Fleming had developed in case of a Nazi invasion of Gibraltar through Spain.
Fleming joined The Sunday Times in 1946, for which he oversaw the paper's worldwide network of correspondents. He negotiated a contract whereby he could spend three months of each year at Goldeneye. Here he entertained Ann Fleming. Ann was then married to Lord Rothermere and he thought Ann was with Noel Coward. On 17 February 1952 James Bond appeared in the first Bond novel, Casino Royale. For the next twelve years, Fleming wrote all his Bond stories there.
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