Plantation Country

Heritage places

Places to see in this region

Grand Hotel Nuwara Eliya

Plantation Country

Queen Elizabeth II in Nuwara Eliya: A Royal Walk Through Holy Trinity Church in 1954

Holy Trinity Church,NuwaraEliya

Plantation Country

The Holloways of Mount Franion: A British Planter Family in Old Ceylon

Mount Frenion Manor by Seven Angels

Plantation Country

Broughton Bungalow: A Forgotten Plantation House in Poonagala

Broughton Bungalow,Poonagala

Plantation Country

St Margaret’s Church of Kotagala

Plantation Country

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Old Ceylon stories

Stories from this region

Holyrood Estate Talawakelle: Old Ceylon Bungalow

Holyrood Estate, Talawakelle: An Old Ceylon Bungalow and a Name That Echoes Scotland

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An Old Bungalow in the Hills of Talawakelle Holyrood Estate Talawakelle | There is something about the old estate bungalows of Ceylon that makes them diff…

All Saints’ Church Maskeliya: Old Stone Church

All Saints’ Church, Maskeliya: The Old Stone Church and the People Who Never Left

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An Old Stone Church in the Tea Country All Saints’ Church Maskeliya | There is something about the old churches of Sri Lanka’s hill country that makes you…

Palm Garden: An Old Bungalow and a Story Almost Lost

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Somewhere in Ratnapura, more than a century ago, someone stood back far enough from this bungalow to fit the whole house into a photograph. Perhaps the ph…

St Margaret’s church of Kotagala: The Church That Watched Coffee Country Become Tea Country

St Margaret’s Church of Kotagala: The Little Stone Church That Watched Coffee Country Become Tea Country

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A Church Among the Estates St Margaret’s church of Kotagala | There is something slightly unexpected about finding an English-looking stone church among t…

Old Ceylon Bungalows: Dutch Houses to British Homes

The Bungalows of Old Ceylon: From Dutch Houses to British Homes

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A House Built Around the Weather Old Ceylon bungalows | There was a time when a house in Ceylon was built around the weather rather than against it. Befor…