St. Benedict's Monastery, Adisham, Haputhale, Sri Lanka
Town or city
Haputale
Country
Sri Lanka
Elevation
5,000 feet above sea level
Current tenants
St. Benedict's Monastery
Construction started
1927
Completed
1931
Client
Sir Thomas Villiers
Owner
Catholic Church in Sri Lanka
Landlord
Sylvestro Benedictine Congregation of Sri Lanka
Design and construction
Architect(s)
R. Booth and F. Webster
Website
adisham.org
Adisham Hall, or Adisham Bungalow is a country house near Haputale, in the Badulla District, Sri Lanka. At present, it houses the Adisham monastery of Saint Benedict. It has a relic (a chip of a bone) of St. Sylvester at the chapel.[1]
Sir Thomas Villiers was awarded 2.8 ha (7 acres) from the Tangamale Strict Nature Reserve by an act of the British parliament. 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. Sir Thomas was a grandson of Lord John Russell and descendant of the Dukes of Bedford. Named after Adisham, it was designed by R. Booth and F. Webster in Tudor and Jacobean style. Adisham Hall played host to many prominent personalities of the colony until the retirement of Sir Thomas, after which it was purchased by Don Charles Wijewardene and his daughter Rukmini Wijewardene, owners of Sedawatte Estates, in 1950. While studying at LSE, London, Rukmini Wijewardene, in order to thank him for the sale, made a courtesy call on Sir Thomas Villiers who was, by then, living in Knightsbridge, London. Don Charles and Rukmini were the husband and daughter of Vimala Wijewardene.[2] In 1961 Rukmini Beligammana (née Wijewardene) sold it to an Italian Benedictan monk. Upon purchasing the house and property the Italian monk removed silver cutlery and a few items of furniture in order to recover his investment and also make a profit. After leaving it unoccupied for two years he subsequently donated the house and property to the Ampitiya Benedictine Monastery in 1963. The house is well preserved along with its period fittings and furniture, and is open to visitors.[3]
^"Triple Jubilee year of St. Anthony's shrine, Wahacotte". Sunday Observer (Sri Lanka). Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 3 August 2015.
^de Livera, Lankika. "Adisham: Shrouded in mist and history". Sunday Times. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
^"Priceless antiquity: Adisham Bungalow". Sunday Observer (Sri Lanka). Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 3 August 2015.
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