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The entrance pavilion at dusk, lit from inside, with a pair of dark lion statues on a plinth before the steps.

Nuwara Eliya · Sri Lanka

A private house on a hill in Nuwara Eliya.

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A private house on a hill in Nuwara Eliya, with cool mountain air, mist in the mornings, and rooms that are unapologetically full of character.

The long red corridor: lacquered walls, framed mirrors on both sides, a runner, and lamps hanging from a pitched timber ceiling.

Down the corridor

Even the walk between rooms has a sense of theatre.

  1. Door 01 The Parrot Room Saffron walls, parrots on deep green
  2. Door 02 The Peony Room Peonies on black, a Gothic mirror
  3. Door 03 The Drawing Room All red, with a marble fire
  4. Door 04 The Snug Quilted oxblood, a brass camel
  5. Door 05 The Great Hall Timber ceiling, snooker, stags
  6. Door 06 The Dining Room Painted flowers, a bay of red
Looking out from the verandah: a wide green lawn, an urn and distant hills under a blue sky.

Outside, the colours of the house give way to another palette entirely: green lawns, flowering borders, and the hills beyond.

Stay

Two rooms.
Four guests.

Warm tones, patterned walls and classic furnishings: bedrooms where old-world charm replaces the predictable. Breakfast included.

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The Parrot Room: saffron walls, a toile headboard and parrot wallpaper on deep green.
01 The Parrot Room
A dressing-table mirror reflecting red curtains and a moth-print lampshade.
The Peony Room: a Gothic mirror over a saffron mantel with peony wallpaper on either side.
02 The Peony Room
A writing desk in a saffron alcove before sheer pink curtains.

Choose a room, and see what the mirror shows.

Both rooms

Look twice

Every room is a collection.

Tap a marker. The room dims, and a light finds the thing you asked about.

A dark snug with quilted oxblood walls, a carved timber fireplace with a fire burning, two armchairs and a brass camel lying at the hearth.
Look closer — 4 things in this photo
  1. The brass camel. A brass camel, lying down at the hearth. It has the warmest spot in the house.
  2. The white horse head. A white horse head on the mantelshelf, under a landscape painting that runs the width of the fire.
  3. The carved arch. A carved timber surround, arched over the fire. The walls either side are quilted in an oxblood lattice.
  4. The brass kettle. A brass kettle beside the left-hand armchair.
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At the table

Sri Lankan flavours, highland comfort.

From the gate

The hills, by distance.

  1. 3km Gregory Lake
  2. 5km Pedro Tea Estate
  3. 9km Nanu Oya Railway Station
  4. 10km Hakgala Botanical Garden
  5. 30km Horton Plains National Park
Getting here and what to do

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