The Ashley Bungalow was built in 1875 by the Bakers and their associates. The building stands, commanding a magnificent view facing South, at the opening of a ghaut on the valley which flows down gently to the plains below. The road twists and turns around the hills through the tea gardens around the bungalow and reach at the three bayed high laden front of the building facing south.
The bungalow is a sleeping place of history of the hills of Travancore, where tradition and antiquity lay asleep, to be woken up by a sudden knock at its door.
The tiled and steeply pitched roof adorns the building, with peaked roof tops standing on large wall masonries like a fortress.
The high laden building has steps with scalloped ledges which is a curious mixture of local styles and English architecture. The split leveled garden is landscaped with a green lawn fringed on the southern side with trees like Norfolk, pine, cypress, blue gums and spathodia.. Seated there on the plush sofas you will feel like a King and leisurely love to sip a cup of tea, made of leaf fresh from the gardens.
Accommodation
The bungalow offer four elegant double bedrooms’ and a single room with unique furniture and modern amenities.
Food Services
Here one can enjoy the real Kerala or continental cuisines are offered, done by one of the olden day chefs from the British time.
Facilities
• Laundry for guests on stay more than two nights
• Doctor at call
• Ayurvedic massages at the nearby centre on prior notice. (One month prior to arrival)
• Jeep or car hire
The bungalow is a sleeping place of history of the hills of Travancore, where tradition and antiquity lay asleep, to be woken up by a sudden knock at its door.
The tiled and steeply pitched roof adorns the building, with peaked roof tops standing on large wall masonries like a fortress.
The high laden building has steps with scalloped ledges which is a curious mixture of local styles and English architecture. The split leveled garden is landscaped with a green lawn fringed on the southern side with trees like Norfolk, pine, cypress, blue gums and spathodia.. Seated there on the plush sofas you will feel like a King and leisurely love to sip a cup of tea, made of leaf fresh from the gardens.
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Accommodation
The bungalow offer four elegant double bedrooms’ and a single room with unique furniture and modern amenities.
Food Services
Here one can enjoy the real Kerala or continental cuisines are offered, done by one of the olden day chefs from the British time.
Facilities
• Laundry for guests on stay more than two nights
• Doctor at call
• Ayurvedic massages at the nearby centre on prior notice. (One month prior to arrival)
• Jeep or car hire