Cheshunt House is an Italianate mansion in the

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, 10 kilometers from Deloraine. It was designed and originally owned by politician, botanist and architect

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, started in 1851-52. It was purchased incomplete by the Bowman Brothers from William Archer in 1873, who completed it to his design in 1885. It fell into disrepair during the period of the World Wars and the Great Depression, before a restoration project was undertaken by the family in the 1970s. It is still owned by the Bowman family. Cheshunt House is listed on the Tasmanian Heritage Register, and was on the

Register of the National Estate The Register of the National Estate was a heritage register that listed natural and cultural heritage places in Australia that was closed in 2007. Phasing out began in 2003, when the Australian National Heritage List and the Commonwealth Heritag ...

until that list was replaced. The house was featured on a stamp issued by Australia Post in 2004.

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{{Reflist 1852 establishments in Australia Tasmanian Heritage Register Houses in Tasmania Archer family residences Tasmanian places listed on the defunct Register of the National Estate