The Snuggery No 20 Colpetty
No 5 was once referred to as 'The Snuggery.' The property was known as "No 20, Colpetty" in the 1900s, it stretched from Galle Road, with its lawn stretching eastwards right down to the Beira Lake. No 5 was twice its size when it was first built, with kitchens, servants quarters and stables stretching along the Northern perimeter, forming the top stroke of the T-shaped layout of the house.
The upper story of this historic building was added in the early 1900s to provide rooms for a parson from England. At the time the residence of the Bishop of Colombo (Church of Sri Lanka) known as ' Bishop's House,' was situated in the adjoining property.
According to the Centenary Volume of the Church Missionary Society, published in the 1900s called: One Hundred Years in Ceylon 1818-1918, there is a reference to 'The Snuggery,' the historic home was rented out in 1906 as the headquarters of the CMS in Colombo.
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