12-20, Octagon Road is a Grade II listed building in the Elmbridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 November 1984. Almshouse.

12-20, Octagon Road

WRENN ID
silver-moulding-rowan
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 095 626
Coordinates
51.35194, -0.42851
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Nos. 12 to 20 on Octagon Road is a row of almshouses built around 1912, possibly designed by Ernest George. The building is constructed of red brick, featuring raised quoins and a moulded cornice beneath a plain hipped tiled roof. It has two tall ridge stacks and is a single storey with ten bays. The first, fourth, fifth, eighth, and ninth bays contain casement windows, while arched entrances are located in the second, third, sixth, seventh, and tenth bays. Whiteley Village was established by William Whiteley of Whiteley's stores to provide housing for thrifty elderly people and was laid out in an octagonal plan by Frank Atkinson, utilizing prominent architects of the time.

Local climate

12-20, 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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