122-126, Octagon Road is a Grade II listed building in the Elmbridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 November 1984. Almshouse.

122-126, Octagon Road

WRENN ID
worn-nave-ebony
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 093 625
Coordinates
51.35168, -0.43169
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This building is a row of almshouses located at 122 to 126 Octagon Road, constructed around 1912. It is made of red brick with recessed quoins and features a plain tiled hipped roof with two ridge stacks. The structure is single storey and has entrance arches at both ends of the front, with an additional entrance off centre to the right. There are single casement windows to the left and right of the centre. Whiteley Village was established by William Whiteley of Whiteley's stores for elderly residents and was designed on an octagonal plan by Frank Atkinson, utilizing prominent architects of the time.

Local climate

122-126, 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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