1-15, Circle Road is a Grade II listed building in the Elmbridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 November 1984. Almshouse group.

1-15, Circle Road

WRENN ID
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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 group
OS grid reference
TQ 094 625
Coordinates
51.3516, -0.42935
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Nos. 1 to 15 on Circle Road are a group of almshouses built around 1912 by Sir Reginald Blomfield. The buildings are constructed from red brick, featuring a sandstone plinth, quoins, and dressings. They have hipped roofs with tall, panelled central stacks along the ridge. The design includes central projections with a wide, open segmental area. The two identical blocks are connected by a central triple-arched colonnade, which has a pediment above and flanking urns. Each block is two storeys high with four windows, and the windows are casements, with the central first-floor windows designed in a "Venetian" style. The entrances are round arches set in panels located in the outer bays of the ground floor, with steps on each side leading to side entrances for the upper flats on the first floor.

This village was established by William Whiteley of Whiteley stores to provide for thrifty elderly individuals and was laid out in an octagonal plan designed by Frank Atkinson, who employed prominent architects of the time.

Local climate

1-15, Circle 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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