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.
