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 This ranch home was built in between 1919 and 1923 by the founder of the Semni Valley Estate, Mr. Frank Bisset who established himself as a pioneering planter by opening up the initial clearings in 1907. Now the Hailey Buria Tea Company Ltd. owns the estate.and the bungalow is painstakingly well kept by its present owners, the Dugar Group. The bungalow is placed on a site cleared with good view in all directions.
We drive in from the east to enter the drive way to the front of the west ward facing bungalow. The graceful arches, resting on rock columns holding the medium pitched sheet roofs, are gabled at the front above the porch. The tiny steps with scalloped edges leads up into the grand interiors. A long passage is seen straight down towards east, and on either sides of the passage are the main bedrooms.
There were open verandas on the northern and western sides of the building earlier. Now large expanses of glass windows run the full length. But the open veranda on the east gets filled with the country air so that one can enjoy the scent of this land. The living room is neatly placed just behind the open verandah on the south which is elegantly arranged with comfortable sofas and furniture of solid wood. The huge bay window which opens to the verandah from the drawing room lets in a lot of light. In all the three bedrooms there are wooden fire places carved out in the finest of designs.
Accommodation
There is a bedroom adjacent to the drawing room on the southeast. Of the two bedrooms on the north one is a cute little room best for total privacy for the daydreamers. Adjacent to that room, is a huge bedroom, which has bay windows with large glass mirrors with wooden beading. The unique cots in these bedrooms are very peculiar in their design fitted with reading lights, which pop out on touch of a button. Tucked away in the corner of the south eastern bedroom there is a large pentagon shaped floor cot kept as a play room for the children.
In addition to the three elegantly furnished bedrooms offered in the main bungalow, there is an outhouse offering two bedrooms with all modern amenities and adorned with furniture of solid wood which though tuff looking, is very comfortable in use.
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