2-8, Hornbeam Walk is a Grade II listed building in the Elmbridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 November 1984. Almshouse.
2-8, Hornbeam Walk
- WRENN ID
- vacant-wall-soot
- 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 095 625
- Coordinates
- 51.35119, -0.42865
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Nos. 2 to 8 Hornbeam Walk is a group of almshouses built around 1912 by Sir Ernest George. The buildings are constructed of red brick, featuring red brick quoins and dressings, and have a moulded wooden eaves cornice beneath hipped plain tiled roofs. The structure is two storeys high and consists of five bays, with the central three bays separated by a rusticated brick pilaster. Casement windows are present on both floors in the outer bays, and there are balconies on the first floor in the central three bays, although the outer pair of balconies has been blocked since the time of resurvey. There are three arched entrances at the ground level, with the central entrance leading to a two-flight stair that has an iron balustrade. Whiteley Village was established by William Whiteley of Whiteley's stores to provide for thrifty elderly individuals and was designed in an octagonal layout by Frank Atkinson, utilizing prominent architects of the time.
Local climate
2-8, Hornbeam Walk 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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