Kidderpore Hall, Kings College

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TQ2585NW KIDDERPORE AVENUE 798-1/24/980 (North side) 11/08/50 Kidderpore Hall, King's College (Formerly Listed as: KIDDERPORE AVENUE Kidderpore Hall, Westfield College)

GV II

Semi-detached house, now a hall of residence. c1843. Designed by T Howard for John Teil. Stucco. Slated roof with projecting bracketed eaves and pediments to outer bays and tall stuccoed slab chimney-stacks with cornices. EXTERIOR: 2 storeys, basement and attics. Slightly recessed 3 window central bay flanked by single window outer bays. Hexastyle portico with Ionic columns supporting an entablature with dentil cornice; approached by steps. Double part-glazed panelled doors with overlight flanked by 4 tall thin windows. Architraved sashes, ground floor with dentil cornices and cast-iron balconies. Attic occuli in pediments. Left hand return to garden with 3-window semicircular bay having a portico of paired Ionic columns and cast-iron balustrade forming a balcony. INTERIOR: in Greek Revival style, partly remodelled c1890. HISTORICAL NOTE: John Teil was a Nabob who ran a flourishing leather concern in Kidderpore near Calcutta. He died in 1854 and following several changes in ownership his Hampstead estate was broken up in 1889 when Westfield College, founded as a Christian women's college in 1882 by pioneer of women's university education Miss Constance Garnett, bought the house and 2 acres of land for »12,000.

Listing NGR: TQ2533485848