Carmel Moravian Church sits dramatically atop a hill 1.5 miles (2.4 km) west of the small market town of Newmarket in Westmoreland, Jamaica.

[1] Planters Mr. and Mrs. Hutchinson Muir Scott owned properties in the area and starting in 1818 made several attempts to find a Christian minister for their slaves.

[1] A hill top site was chosen by the Scotts in 1826 and a road built up to the temporary building they had constructed there.

[1] John Scholefield was appointed as the first minister of Carmel in 1827 and oversaw work on a new church which started the same year and was completed in 1828.

[1] A cut stone and mortar structure with a large masonry belfry to the south topped by a wooden cupola and containing one bell.