6 and 8, Octagon Road is a Grade II listed building in the Elmbridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 November 1984. Almshouse.
6 and 8, Octagon Road
- WRENN ID
- seventh-tracery-russet
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Elmbridge
- Constituency
- Runnymede and Weybridge MP: Dr Ben Spencer (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 November 1984
- Type
- Almshouse
- OS grid reference
- TQ 094 626
- Coordinates
- 51.35212, -0.4291
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Nos. 6 and 8 on Octagon Road are a pair of almshouses built around 1912, likely designed by Sir Reginald Blomfield. They are constructed from red brick and feature a hipped tiled roof with two tall chimneys at each end of the ridge. The building has one storey and consists of six irregular bays. In the center, there are two circular windows (oculi) flanked by casement windows, with segment-headed entrance arches located in the outer bays. The wall surface projects forward in the center and at the window bays. Whiteley Village, where these almshouses are located, was established by William Whiteley of Whiteley's stores to provide for thrifty elderly individuals and was designed in an octagonal layout by Frank Atkinson, who employed prominent architects of the time.
Local climate
6 and 8, Octagon Road sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 84% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 75% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 61% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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