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Chestnut Hill

Other Name Kennon House Location 132-140 Burwood Highway, KALLISTA VIC 3791 - Property No 57592 File Number 133 Level Included in Heritage Overlay

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Statement of Significance

Chestnut Hill has high local significance as an example of a 1920s Californian Bungalow in a garden setting with some plantings which may date from the pre-First World War era. The historic house is architecturally significant for its intact interior which includes decorative timber work and panelling to the walls and ceilings. The property contains a cottage also built in the 1920s, Boroni Cottage (now Chestnut Cottage), constructed for Angelo Boroni, resident Italian gardener employed by Elizabeth Kennon (widow of Squire Kennon) for whom the present house was built c1923. The garden is said to be one of the finest in the Dandenongs. A number of significant trees are listed with the National Trust.