Old Park

British Government Agent Percival Ackland Dyke purchased a 27-acre land in Jaffna using his own funds to serve as his residency and gardens/grounds.

[4] Dyke bequeathed Old Park, via an irrevocable deed of gift through Queen Victoria, to his successors rent free.

[10] A large army camp was once gain based at Old Park after the Sri Lankan military recaptured the city in 1995.

[12] In July 2011 Minister of National Heritage Jagath Balasuriya declared the old Kachcheri building in Old Park to be a "Protected Monument".

[13] In September 2011 it was alleged that parts of Old Park had been destroyed on the orders of Major General G. A. Chandrasiri, the Governor of the Northern Province.

Old kachcheri building in Old Park before the renovation