Description

TQ 0962 BOROUGH OF ELMBRIDGE OCTAGON ROAD
(inner side)
Whiteley Village

10/300 Nos. 88 to 92 (even)

GV II

Almshouse row. Circa 1912 by Sir Aston Webb. Red brick with wooden cornice to plain
tiled roofs, hidden behind parapets of window projections. 3 tall banded brick stacks
at left and right ends and off ridge stack to front left. That to left is stepped.
Single storey. 3 projections, one at each end and one to left of centre, with 1
tripartite glazing bar sash in each and quasi pilaster brick mouldings flanking .
The right hand projection has a gable with small opening. Between the projections
the eaves drop down over the entrance verandahs, that to right, wider, with central
twisted brick pier. Each verandah has a double casement behind and contains a boarded
door.
Whiteley Village was provided by William Whiteley of Whiteley's stores for thrifty
old folk and was laid out on an octagonal plan by Frank Atkinson, employing leading
architects of the day.
PEVSNER: BUILDINGS OF ENGLAND, SURREY (1971) pp520-1.

Listing NGR: TQ0933862349

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26281411

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Recommended Books

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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Hampshire: Winchester and the North (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version