Lankem Plantation House, built circa 1860 in Colombo Fort, showcases British-era Neo-Classical architecture and now serves as Lankem Tea & Rubber's HQ
Lankem Plantation House (Colombo Fort)
The Lankem Plantation House Building (Sinhala: කොළඹ ලංකෙම් ප්ලාන්ටේශන් ගොඩනැගිල්ල) is situated at No. 55 1/1, Sir Baron Jayatilaka Mawatha in Colombo Fort, Sri Lanka. Estimated to have been built in 1860, this building is presently the headquarters of Lankem Tea & Rubber Plantations (Pvt) Limited, one of the largest plantation companies in Sri Lanka (Welandawe & Weerasinghe, 2016). The building bears architectural features of the Neo-Classical style of the British Period [(1818-1948) Welandawe & Weerasinghe, 2016]. Attribution 1) SL Colombo asv2020-01 img08 Lankem Plantation House by A.Savin is licensed under the Free Art License 1.3 References 1) Welandawe, H., Weerasinghe, J., 2016. Urban Heritage in the Western Region Megapolis Planning Project. p.39. Location Map This page was last updated on 22 August 2022
