86 And 86A, Octagon Road

Nos 86 and 86A on Octagon Road are a pair of almshouses built around 1912 by Sir Aston Webb. They are constructed of red brick and feature parapets and eaves at the center of a truncated pyramidal plain tiled roof, which has four small square stacks at the corners of the roof summit. The building is single storey and has large tripartite glazing bar sash windows in the outer bays, which are flanked by moulded brick quasi-pilasters. In the center, there is a recess with a half-glazed door, flanked by two small casement windows. Whiteley Village was established by William Whiteley of Whiteley's stores to provide for thrifty elderly individuals and was designed on an octagonal plan by Frank Atkinson, utilizing prominent architects of the time.