| 词条 | Braemar, Colombo |
| 释义 |
| name = Braemar | native_name = | former_names = | alternate_names = | image = | alt = | caption = | map_type = | map_alt = | map_caption = | altitude = | building_type = | architectural_style = | structural_system = | cost = | client = | owner = | current_tenants = | landlord = | location = | address = | location_town = Colombo | location_country = Sri Lanka | coordinates = | start_date = | completion_date = 1938 | inauguration_date = | renovation_date = | demolition_date = | destruction_date = | height = | diameter = | floor_count = | floor_area = | main_contractor = | architect = | architecture_firm = | structural_engineer = | services_engineer = | civil_engineer = | awards = | url = | references = }}Braemar was the principal adulthood home of J. R. Jayewardene former President of Sri Lanka. Jayewardene and his wife Elina built it in 1938 located Ward Place, Colombo.[1] The original house named Braemar, was built by Gilbert Leonard Rupasinghe, a Notary Public and a successful businessmen, who was the father of Jayewardene's wife Elina Bandara Rupasinghe. When the Jayewardene and Elina married in 1935, they moving into Jayewardene's parents house in Vaijantha. In 1938, Elina's father's house Braemar was demolished and in its grounds the couple built their new house which retained the name Braemar from the previous house. Moving into it soon after, it was their home till the deaths of J. R. Jayewardene and Elina. Even during his tenure as Prime Minister and President, Jayewardenes remained at Braemar using President's House, Colombo only for official functions. See also
References1. ^Madam Elina Jayewardene {{Colombo|state=collapsed}}{{coord missing|Sri Lanka}}{{SriLanka-struct-stub}} 2 : Houses in Colombo|J. R. Jayewardene |
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