56-64, OCTAGON ROAD is a Grade II listed building in the Elmbridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 November 1984. Almshouse.
56-64, OCTAGON ROAD
- WRENN ID
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Elmbridge
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 November 1984
- Type
- Almshouse
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Nos. 56 to 64 on Octagon Road are a row of almshouses built around 1912 by Sir Ernest George. The building is constructed of red brick with plain tiled roofs and features two return gables painted towards the left end, which are decorated with double curves. It has three panelled ridge stacks, one located at the right end. The structure is single storey and consists of 15 bays, with windows placed in the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 8th, 11th, 14th, and 15th bays. There is a single entrance arch at the left end, along with pointed entrance arches in the 6th and 7th bays and the 12th and 13th bays. The windows are glazed bar sash, and the doors are boarded throughout, with brick pilaster mouldings accentuating the entrance arches. 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.
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