Visit soon because it's a wreck and will disappear if not restored! Interesting place to visit to learn some history but sad to see it in the state it's currently in. So much black mould, falling off plaster, holes in the roof with pointless buckets under them. A main staircase you can't use as support is gone. The huge oil paintings of the owner will decay if they don't restore it, it's in poor condition. Maybe if more people visit and pay the 1000 rupiah entrance fee something could be done to save this building?

Epic place! Doesn't look bleak, but drama is enough, both in history and appearance), it's a pity, but most likely the jungle will swallow this mansion, thin roots here and there run through the walls, black mold eats the solar plaster😢. The tour is in English, but the guide tries to speak slowly and expressively, thanks 🙏🏻🤗, so even a superficial knowledge of the language allows you to understand the history of this place, and you can impress the interiors without words!

Admission of Rs. 1,000 per person, no tour, we were allowed to take photos and videos. The place is interesting, but quite abandoned in terms of restoration and support of appearance. Judging by the reviews, the price of a visit has multiplied since 2018, but what is being done with this money is unclear.

A beautiful old house that unfortunately has suffered decades of neglect. The government now own this and are working to restore it but this is a very slow and expensive process. The photos of the house in all its glory show the house as it was. The house and gardens were magnificent and it is easy to imagine how beautiful it was.

What was certainly a sumptuous manor retains incredible charm! We imagine the parties, the balls, the parties in the park... The outbuildings are now used to accommodate around ten boys between 6 and 16 years old, whose parents no longer have the means to take care of them.

We got a tok tok that took us to Richmond Castle and a lovely lady showed us all around and told us the history and had a look round the gardens. There’s also a boys orphanage in the grounds of the castle and everybody that pays to go into the castle that money goes towards looking after the boys. so that’s a really good reason to go and see the Richmond castle to give something back to the children of Sri Lanka.

It's a beautiful place! The castle is very similar to the manor house from the movies, if you know good English they will also tell the story of the place, about the owner. There were a lot of cool engineering solutions that were applied here at the time. Admission Rs. 1,000 per person.