Atapattu Walawwa Explained
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 743sqm building is located within a 0.6ha garden, approximately 0.5km (00.3miles) 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]
Further reading
- Book: Goonetileke, Janaka. Atapattu Walawwa, Residence of the Gooneratne and Dias Abeysinghe families of Galle. 2012. 978-9555401302.
External links
Notes and References
- News: ‘Enthusiast’s guide’ to unique Sri Lankan real estate . 28 October 2012 . 23 November 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141129043632/http://www.nation.lk/edition/fine/item/11832-%E2%80%98enthusiast%E2%80%99s-guide%E2%80%99-to-unique-sri-lankan-real-estate.html . 29 November 2014 .
- News: Tracing families. The Daily News. Hemantha. Situge. 21 November 2012. 23 June 2020.
- Atapattu Walawwa: A Southern Ancestral Home. The Architect - Journal of the Sri Lankan Institute of Architects. 23 November 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130925021754/http://www.thearchitect.lk/2011/07/atapattu-walawwa-a-southern-ancestral-home/. 25 September 2013. dead.
- Gazette. 13 November 1998. The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka. 1054.
