A Visit To ADISHAM BUNGALOW In Haputale - A Monastery Built In The Year ...

#itaste #adishambungalow #srilanka The house was built in 1931 by an English aristocrat and planter Sir Thomas Villiers, former Chairman of George Steuart Co, a trading and estate agency based in Colombo.

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Sir Thomas was a grandson of Lord John Russell and a descendant of the Dukes of Bedford. Named after Adisham, it was designed by R. Booth and F. Webster in Tudor and Jacobean style, on 10 acres of land.

Adisham Hall played host to many prominent personalities of the colony until the retirement of Sir Thomas, after which it was sold to Sedawatte Mills owned by Vimala Wijewardene in 1949. In 1961 it was purchased by the Roman Catholic Church and was subsequently converted to a monastery. The house is well preserved along with its period fittings and furniture and is open to visitors on weekends, public holidays, and poya day only.

There are 18 rooms which are open to visitors, who can take up the full board with the full board tariff being 4000 SriLankan rupee. You will have to book your rooms two weeks in advance. There’s a small shop selling produce like Jams, Sauces, Cordial, etc., some raw material for the jams are sourced from the monastery’s lovely gardens and orchards. Buy some wild guava jelly or soursop cordial to pep up your next guesthouse meal.