Hi @AlexaAC 
Thanks a lot for watching. The wealthy owner had no children, hence nobody to inherit all his wealth. In his will he has entrusted his mansion and his estate to the Public Trustee and now as requested by him the place is a government run orphanage for boys.
Records indicate that two shiploads of teak were imported from Burma for its construction. The entire building is characterized by intricate carvings. The timber remains as fresh as at the time of construction. The architecture shows greater similarity to an English mansion than to an ancient local walauwwa (the local name given to huge homes of the super rich folks that lived during his time),.
The massive garden it is said was filled with flowers and exotic plants then is now filled with trees like coconut, mangosteen, veralu, guava, mango, rambutan and various citrus fruits.
He broke up with his wife with whom he lived for 32 years, some say because he suspected she had an affair while some say because she did not give him any children. During his last years he left his mansion and took up residence in a quiet room at the Queen’s Hotel in Kandy which was a well known expensive hotel frequented by the wealthy during British colonial times, where he breathed his last in 1947…