Kidderpore Hall, Kings College

Kidderpore Hall, located on Kidderpore Avenue, is a semi-detached house that now serves as a hall of residence. It was built around 1843 and designed by T Howard for John Teil. The building features a stucco exterior and a slated roof with projecting bracketed eaves and pediments on the outer bays, along with tall stuccoed chimney stacks that have cornices.

The structure is two storeys high, with a basement and attics. The central bay is slightly recessed and has three windows, flanked by single-window outer bays. A hexastyle portico with Ionic columns supports an entablature adorned with a dentil cornice, and is accessed by steps. The entrance consists of double part-glazed panelled doors with an overlight, flanked by four tall, thin windows. The ground floor windows have architraves and dentil cornices, along with cast-iron balconies. The attic features occuli in the pediments. The left side of the building has a garden-facing three-window semicircular bay with a portico of paired Ionic columns and a cast-iron balustrade forming a balcony.

The interior is designed in the Greek Revival style and was partly remodelled around 1890. John Teil, the original owner, was a Nabob who operated a successful leather business in Kidderpore near Calcutta. He passed away in 1854, and after several changes in ownership, the estate was sold in 1889 to Westfield College, a Christian women's college founded in 1882 by Miss Constance Garnett, for £12,000.