2-8, Hornbeam Walk

TQ 0962 BOROUGH OF ELMBRIDGE ELMBRIDGE WALK

Whiteley Village 10/206 Nos. 2 to 8(even)

GV II

Almshouse group . Circa 1912 by Sir Ernest George. Red brick with red brick quoins and dressings, moulded wooden eaves cornice to hipped plain tiled roofs. End stacks. 2 storeys. 5 bays, the central 3 divided by a rusticated brick pilaster. Casement windows on both floors in outer bays, balconies on first floor in central three bays. The outer pair blocked at time of resurvey. Three arched entrances below, the centre one leading to a 2-flight stair with iron balustrade. Whiteley Village was provided by William Whiteley of Whiteley's stores for thrifty old folk and was laid out on an octagonal plan by Frank Atkinson, employing leading architects of the day. PEVSNER: BUILDINGS OD ENGLAND, SURREY(1971) pp520-1.

Listing NGR: TQ0952262518