Atwell often returned to her native Trinidad, and on one occasion she bought a house in Saint Augustine, a home she adored and later renamed Winvilla and which was later turned into the Pan Pipers Music School by one of her students, Louise McIntosh.
Atwell vendte ofte tilbage til sin barndoms Trinidad, og ved en lejlighed købte hun et hus i Saint Augustine, et hjem hun elskede og senere omdøbte til Winvilla, og som en af hendes elever, Louise McIntosh, senere gjorde til Pan Pipers Music School.