79-85, CIRCLE ROAD (See details for further address information) is a Grade II listed building in the Elmbridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 November 1984. Almshouse.
79-85, CIRCLE ROAD (See details for further address information)
- WRENN ID
- rough-rood-moon
- 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 094 625
- Coordinates
- 51.35169, -0.42998
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a group of almshouses located at 79 to 85 Circle Road, including 2 Chestnut Walk and 1 North Avenue, built around 1912, possibly designed by Sir Reginald Blomfield. The buildings are constructed of red brick, featuring a red brick plinth, band, panels, and quoin pilasters. They have swept, hipped roofs covered with plain tiles and two central ridge stacks. The structure is two stories high with three bays, and the outer bays contain casement windows. The central feature is a full-height round arch flanked by pilasters. There are short cloister wings supported by stone columns, connecting the main block to the wings. These wings are also two stories high with two bays, quoined pilasters, and entrances in recessed bays at either end of the cloister walks. The wings at the rear and ends include 2 Chestnut Walk on the left and 1 North Avenue on the right. Whiteley Village was established by William Whiteley of Whiteley's stores to provide housing for thrifty elderly individuals.
Local climate
79-85, CIRCLE ROAD (See details for further address information) 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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