Capture the stunning sunsets as you stroll around the Dutch Ramparts in proximity to this beautifully restored 3 ensuite bedroom villa with a lovely garden pool and roof terrace overlooking the Dutch clock tower, located inside the historic Galle Fort.

A wonderfully proportioned house that emphasizes its beautiful antique original features – walls, doors, windows, lintels, beams, paintwork – while combining them with immaculate modern interior elements. This is the result of a painstaking process of renovation. The whole building has a very spacious, light and open feel.

Coming into the wide-frontage house off the street you enter a long verandah lined with swivel windows on the street-side to allow for cool airflow through the house. The other side of the verandah is comprised of a high wall with four large, beautiful old windows and the tall doorway into the interior, where careful restoration has re-exposed the original layers of antique paint. This beautiful antique feel continues as you enter the main body of the house into tranquil splendour of the hallway. Off this are two of the three en-suite bedrooms of 350-400 square feet each, which continue the same feel with their high ceilings, massive window ledges set into the 4 foot thick walls (original walls filled with coral) and stylish antique and contemporary furnishings. The hall also leads through to the 50 foot living/dining room, with its high ceilings, large roof timbers and eclectic mixture of antique and contemporary sri lankan and asian furniture, and growing collection of contemporary asian (principally sri lankan) art.

From here one passes through multiple open archways into the lush, beautifully tropical courtyard with garden and pool (featuring a counter-flow water jet for the keen swimmer and an ozone filter to greatly reduce the amount of chlorine needed). Upstairs the master bedroom boasts further stylishly original design features and opens out onto an upper verandah and large roof terrace. The beautiful garden and rooftop views can be enjoyed from the terrace’s large sitting area (which can be shaded or left open) or from the comfort of the master bed.

The house is close to the Dutch Ramparts that offer such fabulous vantage points to capture the sunsets as you stroll around. But honestly it is the escape that one feels as the front doors are closed behind you, that keep people coming back.

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