Northcroft The Willows

Northcroft and The Willows are a pair of semi-detached villas built around 1810 by George Tappen, the College surveyor, and Charles Druce. They are constructed of stucco and feature a slate roof with deep eaves supported by extended rafters, as well as small round-headed dormers. The buildings are two storeys high, with an attic and basement, and each villa has two bays with entrances on pedimented returns.

The Willows includes an entrance porch adorned with a paterae frieze on the canopy, flanked by small round-arched windows that have Gothick glazing bars. Above this, there is a lunette in a round-arched recess on the first floor and an oculus in the pediment. Northcroft has a similar pedimented return but features an additional trellised porch with a lead ogee canopy. The windows are set in near flush frames and have blind boxes; the ground floor windows are casements, while the first-floor windows are sashes with glazing bars. The outer bays of the returns have blind windows. The interior has not been inspected.