Rona is a historic house in the Sydney suburb of Bellevue Hill

Bellevue Hill, New South Wales

Bellevue Hill is an eastern suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Bellevue Hill is an affluent suburb, located 5 kilometres east of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the Municipality of Woollahra....

. It is listed on the Australian Register of the National Estate

Register of the National Estate

The Register of the National Estate is a listing of natural and cultural heritage places in Australia. The listing was initially compiled between 1976 and 2003 by the Australian Heritage Commission. The register is now maintained by the Australian Heritage Council...

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The design of Rona was based on Greycliffe House in Nielsen Park, another heritage home. Like Greycliffe House, it is a two-storey stone house in a Gothic Revival style. It was designed by G.A. Morell and built in 1883 for Edward Knox. In 1951, John Mansfield

John Mansfield

John Mansfield was the 15th Lieutenant Governor of California from 1880 to 1883. He also was an officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War, serving as the last colonel of the 2nd Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment of the famed Iron Brigade.Mansfield responded to President Abraham...

 converted it to two apartments. It is situated high on Bellevue Hill

Bellevue Hill

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, on the north side of Ginahgulla Road, which has a total of four homes listed on the Register of the National Estate. Rona is set in expansive gardens that have, in recent years, been redeveloped by Myles Baldwin

Myles Baldwin

Myles Cameron Baldwin is an Australian horticulturalist, landscape designer and writer. He was named as one of "Australia's top 100 young leaders" by The Australian in 2009.-Early life:...

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