CVM House a Heritage Homestay in Thiruvalla, Before & After Restoration

The property of “CVM House a Heritage Homestay in Thiruvalla” was purchased by the late Varkey Vakeel around 150 years ago when he shifted from Eraviperoor to Thiruvella after donating his ancestral house to the Marthoma church. He built his house on a 3.6-acre property near Cross Junction to practice law in Thiruvella, which was demolished 70 years ago.

Heritage Homestay in Thiruvalla
The present CVM House “was originally built by Varkey Vakeel’s youngest son Mr C V Mathew close to 100 years ago in a piece of land he had inherited from his father. Late C V Mathew, was a pioneer in the movie exhibition business in TVLA by starting the first cinema theatre “CVM Theatre” and later with the second theatre “Deep Theatre” named after his granddaughter Deepa John. The first one “CVM Theatre” was demolished many years ago but the Deepa theatre building still stands as a landmark of TVLA which the present owners have rented it to Spencers Supermarket. The building next to Deepa Theatre took the name “Deepa Towers ” and the authorities named the main Junction facing” Deepa Junction”.
CVM House Front View
CVM house after 3 years of restoration and renovation is now opened as a “vacation villa ” to the public. When the restoration started someone posted on a Facebook page of “Thiruvella Town” with the caption ” Finally CVM House is also going under the hammer ” which gave the idea to name it” CVM House ” as the locals identify that house. The link to the designer’s posts highlights this journey