Atapattu Walawwa is a large colonial era

manor house A manor house was historically the main residence of the lord of the manor. The house formed the administrative centre of a manor in the European feudal system; within its great hall were usually held the lord's manorial courts, communal mea ...

situated at 35 Lower Dickson Road, Walawwatta,

Galle Galle (, ; , ) (formerly ) is a major city on the southwestern tip of Sri Lanka, south of Colombo. Galle is the provincial capital and largest city of Southern Province, Sri Lanka and is the capital of Galle District. Galle was known as ''Gi ...

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. The walawwa was constructed by

Mudaliyar Thuluva Vellalar, also known as Agamudi Mudaliar or Arcot Mudaliars, is a caste found in northern Tamil Nadu, southern Andhra Pradesh and southern Karnataka. They were an elite and dominant land-owning community. Etymology The earliest occu ...

Don Bastian Gooneratne in 1742. The two-storey building is located within a garden, approximately from the centre of Galle. The Walawwa has been the ancestral home of Gooneratne family, who were administrators of the

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and

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colonial governments. Notable past residents of Atapattu Walawwa includes Mudaliyar

Edmund Rowland Gooneratne Edmund Rowland Jayathilake Gooneratne, Gate Mudaliyar, JP, ( Sinhala: එඩ්මන්ඩ් රෝලන්ඩ් ජයතිලක ගුණරත්න) was a Ceylonese British colonial-era administrator and a literary figure. He was al ...

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.

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