Description

TQ 0962 BOROUGH OF ELMBRIDGE CIRCLE ROAD

Whiteley Village

10/103 Nos. 35 to 43(odd)

GV II

Almshouse group. Circa 1912. Red brick with stone dressings in centre, red brick
wings with coved ashlar cornices to hipped plain tiled roof. Tall end stacks.
Plinth and string course at first floor level. 2 storeys with large ground floor
central entrance arch flanked by widely spaced,paired,giant pilasters supporting
an open pediment bavoe the centre. Casement windows on first floor separating the
pairs of pilasters and in the centre. Single bulls eye window on ground floor outer
bays. 2 half-glazed doors behind entrance arch. 3 bay wings with centralarch
crowned by pediment gable and flanked by casements. This block is joined to Nos.
2 and 4 Heather Walk to left, and Nos. 1 and 3 South Avenue to the right.

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 pp520-1.

Listing NGR: TQ0947362378

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26483665

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Recommended Books

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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
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  Cork: City and County (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings
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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)