Atapattu Walawwa is a large colonial era manor house situated at 35 Lower Dickson Road, Walawwatta, Galle, Sri Lanka.[1]
The walawwa was constructed by Mudaliyar Don Bastian Gooneratne in 1742.[2] The two-storey 743 m2 (8,000 sq ft) building is located within a 0.6 ha (1.5 acres) garden, approximately 0.5 km (0.31 mi) from the centre of Galle. The Walawwa has been the ancestral home of Gooneratne family, who were administrators of the Dutch and British colonial governments.[3] Notable past residents of Atapattu Walawwa includes Mudaliyar Edmund Rowland Gooneratne and his son Mark Gooneratne. It is currently being used as a small seven-room boutique hotel.
On 13 December 1998 the building was formally recognised by the Government as an Archaeological Protected Monument.[4]
References
edit- ^ "'Enthusiast's guide' to unique Sri Lankan real estate". 28 October 2012. Archived from the original on 29 November 2014. Retrieved 23 November 2014.
- ^ Situge, Hemantha (21 November 2012). "Tracing families". The Daily News. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
- ^ "Atapattu Walawwa: A Southern Ancestral Home". The Architect - Journal of the Sri Lankan Institute of Architects. Archived from the original on 25 September 2013. Retrieved 23 November 2013.
- ^ "Gazette". The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka. 1054. 13 November 1998.
Further reading
edit- Goonetileke, Janaka (2012). Atapattu Walawwa, Residence of the Gooneratne and Dias Abeysinghe families of Galle. ISBN 978-9555401302.
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