Administration Block is a Grade II listed building in the Elmbridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 November 1984. Administration block. 2 related planning applications.
Administration Block
- WRENN ID
- drifting-jade-lake
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Elmbridge
- Constituency
- Runnymede and Weybridge MP: Dr Ben Spencer (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 November 1984
- Type
- Administration block
- Address
- Administration Block, Octagon Road, KT12 4EG
- OS grid reference
- TQ 092 624
- Coordinates
- 51.35074, -0.43268
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Administration Block, built around 1937 by Maurice Webb, is located in Whiteley Village, which was established by William Whiteley of Whiteley's stores for elderly residents. The building is constructed of red brick and features a steeply pitched hipped roof with plain tiles that rises over cross wings at either end. It has a symmetrical design and is a single storey high. The front includes one 4-light sash window in the center, flanked by two 3-light sash windows on each side. The end bays are set back and each contains one sash window, all of which have tiled cills. There are brick tile twisted piers at the ends and on either side of the central bay, which rests on square pedestals. The entrance bay in the center is recessed and features a half-glazed door within a three-step brick surround. The village was laid out on an octagonal plan by Frank Atkinson, who worked with prominent architects of the time.
Local climate
Administration Block 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
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- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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