# Adisham Hall
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{{Short description|Country house near Haputale, Sri Lanka}}
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| name = Adisham Hall
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| former_names = Adisham Hall
| alternate_names = St Benedict's Monastery
| image = Adisham Bungalow.JPG
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| altitude = 5,000 feet above sea level
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| architectural_style = Tudor and Jacabian
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| client = [Sir](/source/Sir) [Thomas Villiers](/source/Thomas_Villiers_(planter))
| owner = [Catholic Church in Sri Lanka](/source/Catholic_Church_in_Sri_Lanka)
| current_tenants = St. Benedict's Monastery
| landlord = [Sylvestro Benedictine Congregation of Sri Lanka](/source/Sylvestrines)
| location = [Haputale](/source/Haputale), Sri Lanka
| address = St. Benedict's Monastery, Adisham, Haputhale, Sri Lanka
| location_town = [Haputale](/source/Haputale)
| location_country = [Sri Lanka](/source/Sri_Lanka)
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| construction_start_date = 1927
| completion_date = 1931
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| architect = R. Booth and F. Webster
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| website = {{url|adisham.org}}
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'''Adisham Hall''', or '''Adisham Bungalow''' is a [country house](/source/country_house) near [Haputale](/source/Haputale), in the [Badulla District](/source/Badulla_District), [Sri Lanka](/source/Sri_Lanka). At present, it houses the Adisham monastery of [Saint Benedict](/source/Order_of_Saint_Benedict). It has a relic (a chip of a bone) of [St. Sylvester](/source/Sylvester_Gozzolini) at the chapel.[{{cite web | url=https://archives.sundayobserver.lk/2001/pix/PrintPage.asp?REF=/2013/06/16/spe02.asp | title=Triple Jubilee year of St. Anthony's shrine, Wahacotte | publisher=Sunday Observer (Sri Lanka) | access-date=3 August 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924111701/http://www.sundayobserver.lk/2001/pix/PrintPage.asp?REF=%2F2013%2F06%2F16%2Fspe02.asp | archive-date=24 September 2015 | url-status=live | df=dmy-all }}]
Sir Thomas Villiers was awarded {{cvt|7|acre|order=flip}} 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](/source/Sir) [Thomas Villiers](/source/Thomas_Villiers_(planter)), former chairman of George Steuart Co, a trading and estate agency based in [Colombo](/source/Colombo). Sir Thomas was a grandson of [Lord John Russell](/source/Lord_John_Russell) and descendant of the [Dukes of Bedford](/source/Duke_of_Bedford). Named after [Adisham](/source/Adisham), it was designed by R. Booth and F. Webster in [Tudor](/source/Tudor_Revival_architecture) and [Jacobean](/source/Jacobean_architecture) 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](/source/Vimala_Wijewardene).[{{cite news |last1=de Livera |first1=Lankika |title=Adisham: Shrouded in mist and history |url=http://www.sundaytimes.lk/101010/Magazine/sundaytimesmagazine_03.html |accessdate=18 September 2019 |publisher=Sunday Times}}] 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.[{{cite web | url=https://archives.sundayobserver.lk/2008/09/07/spe03.asp | title=Priceless antiquity: Adisham Bungalow | publisher=Sunday Observer (Sri Lanka) | access-date=3 August 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924125356/http://www.sundayobserver.lk/2008/09/07/spe03.asp | archive-date=24 September 2015 | url-status=live | df=dmy-all }}]
==See also==
*[Arcadia, Diyatalawa](/source/Arcadia%2C_Diyatalawa)
*[Assassination of S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike](/source/Assassination_of_S._W._R._D._Bandaranaike)
== References ==
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== External links ==
*{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20200928121808/https://gotravellanka.com/the-adisham-bungalow/]}}
*[https://www.lovesrilanka.org/adisham-bungalow/]
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Category:Country houses in Sri Lanka
Category:Houses completed in 1931
Category:Tourist attractions in Badulla District
Category:Houses in Badulla District
Category:Wijewardena family
Category:Buildings and structures in Bandarawela
Category:Manor houses in Sri Lanka
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