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Adisham Hall, or Adisham Bungalow is a country house near Haputale, in the Badulla District, Sri Lanka. It houses relic of St. Sylvester at the chapel.

 

The house was built in 1931 by an English aristocrat and planter Sir Thomas Villiers, former Chairman of George Steuart Co, a trading and estate agency based in Colombo. Sir Thomas was a grandson of Lord John Russell and descendant of the Dukes of Bedford. Named after Adisham, it was designed by R. Booth and F. Webster in Tudor and Jacobean style, on 10 acres of land.

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