The Mansion was initially built in the decade of 1660 by an English  Merchant and Vice Consul of England in Zakynthos Robert John Geoffrey. Later the house was given as a dowry, to his son-in-law, Robert Sargint whose family remained on the Island  until World War II.

During the period of English Protection (1814-1864) the house was used as the residence of the English Governor, therefore also known as ‘Rezidenza’, from the balcony of which the Great English politician Gladstone, during his visit in Zakynthos, addressed to the people of the Island.

The house was bought by Alexander Romas during the 1880’s, since then and until the second World War became the seat of the family’s residence as well as the base of one of the two major Political Parties (Romianiko Koma) of the Island. The house beside its historical value for the history of Zakynthos is also the last sample  of the houses which the aristocratic and wealthy families used to live in.

During the catastrophic earthquake in 1953 the building suffered extensive damages but later it was partly rebuilt by Dionysios and Maria Roma (less one floor, personnel quarters. stables e.t.c.) but it still reminds the style of houses of the good old days.

The large and lavishly decorated rooms  of the building, the Library (over 10.000 titles) consisting of old and rare editions, as well as the large collections of family portraits, paintings gravures, military and official   uniforms and arms, as well as various other historical items and objects of art, reflect the needs, the expectations, the mentality and generally the standard and the way of leaving of the old Zantiote aristocracy.

The  Mansion is now open to the public and visitors have the opportunity to visit it and see a great part of  both the family and the island’s history.