[1] The house was built by workers from the Limestone Street monumental masonry works, run by Ernest Greenway.

Greenway's family, from the West Country of England, were reputed for generations as quarrymen, architects, builders and stonemasons.

"Kyeewa" originally occupied a larger area of land, including an orchard and stables.

[1] "Kyeewa" is a grand single-storey sandstone residence, with a long ridged hipped corrugated iron roof.

It is located opposite another grand residence, "Merton", and there are an unusually high proportion of houses in York Street of architectural and streetscape value.

Kyeewa is important in demonstrating the development of Ipswich as a prominent commercial and industrial centre which fostered the construction of grand residences during the late nineteenth century, still evident as part of the city's suburban growth.

Its scale and siting remain as evidence of a grand colonial dwelling, and the intactness of both the structure and its garden setting, make it a good example of its type.

In particular Kyeewa's setting on a large piece of sloping land well back from the street, its mature gardens and decorative fence together with the frontage of the house contribute highly to its aesthetic significance.

[1] The place has a special association with the life or work of a particular person, group or organisation of importance in Queensland's history.