Set on a headland above Kudawella Bay near Dikwella, Claughton House reflects Geoffrey Bawa’s architecture through open sea-facing spaces, walled gardens and the quiet rhythm of Sri Lanka’s south coast.
The deep south of Sri Lanka is a coast of headlands, wide bays and small fishing towns, warmer and quieter than the west. Claughton House sits above Kudawella Bay near Dikwella, a Geoffrey Bawa villa set within eight acres of walled gardens on the edge of the hill, its rooms and terraces opening toward the Indian Ocean. Taken for exclusive use, it is a house shaped by its architect’s eye for framing the landscape, where the sea, the garden and the light are drawn inward at every turn.
Days at Claughton House follow the pace of the coast. Mornings open to the sea from the pool terrace at the edge of the hill, afternoons move between the beach below, the gardens and the shade of the verandahs, and evenings are private and unhurried, dinner cooked by the resident team and served where you choose.
Five en-suite bedrooms across the whole house
The whole house is taken for exclusive use, with five air-conditioned en-suite bedrooms, one of which doubles as a games room with twin beds, alongside the double-height lounge, dining pavilion and sea-facing terraces.
The clifftop pool terrace above Kudawella Bay
A Geoffrey Bawa villa taken for exclusive use
Eight acres of walled gardens above the beach
Dinner by the resident team on the verandah
We include Claughton House because it brings Geoffrey Bawa’s architecture to the quieter deep south. Its value lies in the way the house holds the coastline, an exclusive-use villa where design, garden and sea are composed as one, attended as a private home rather than a hotel.
Five en-suite bedrooms across the whole house
The whole house is taken for exclusive use, with five air-conditioned en-suite bedrooms, one of which doubles as a games room with twin beds, alongside the double-height lounge, dining pavilion and sea-facing terraces.
Claughton House stands on a headland above Kudawella Bay near Dikwella, on Sri Lanka’s south coast, around three hours from Colombo by the Southern Expressway or roughly an hour from Mattala Rajapaksa International Airport.
The house sits within eight acres of walled gardens with direct access to the beach below, and Tangalle, the Dikwella coast and the temples of the deep south are all within easy reach.
A Geoffrey Bawa villa above Kudawella Bay
Five en-suite bedrooms, exclusive use
Clifftop pool and sea-facing terraces
Eight acres of walled gardens
Direct beach access near Dikwella
Our designers will weave this property into your itinerary — preferred rooms, private transfers, added benefits, and the moments only an Āvara guest receives.
