From Knight Frank: "By 1843 ... Built that year, Kidderpore Hall was the home of the powerful merchant John Teil, an East India trader with vast tanneries in the Kidderpore district of Calcutta. The perfectionist Teil insisted that his house embodied the supremely graceful and restrained architectural style of the Greek Revival movement.
"Neo-Grecian columns, sash windows, pristine white stucco. Originally a single structure that stood on the top of a hill, Teil wanted the grounds all around to emulate a rural idyll, with even decorative flocks of groomed sheep. Very much the preserve of ‘a select, amicable, respectable and opulent neighbourhood’ – as Hampstead historian, John James Park, once put it.
"In 1890, Kidderpore Hall was acquired by Miss Constance Maynard and Ann Dudin Brown for Westfield College, a respected educational establishment for women with a special interest in botany.
"Along with a purpose-built hothouse, various other edifices came about organically down the years, each embracing an intriguing variety of architectural styles and purposes. A 1903 lead-windowed library suggests the Edwardian Baroque. A 1928 chapel sits serenely in the harmoniously restrained classical style...."
The image is dated 1890.
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