North and South Model Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Elmbridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 November 1984. A C20 Almshouse.

North and South Model Cottage

WRENN ID
scattered-casement-vale
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
Address
North and South Model Cottage, Octagon Road
OS grid reference
TQ 092 625
Coordinates
51.35127, -0.43251
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

North and South Model Cottage is a pair of almshouses built around 1912, possibly designed by Frank Atkinson. The cottages are constructed of red brick with roughcast gables and feature plain tiled roofs, hipped over a projecting central bay. They are symmetrical and single-storey, with a central square bay that projects and gabled bays at each end. The windows are leaded casements, with four in total, where the outer ones are bowed. There are planked and ribbed doors set in recessed porches on either side of the central bay, supported by braced wooden piers across the front. Each gable has a wood latticed oval window in a stone surround, with an inscription in the corners that reads "W.W. 1912." Whiteley Village was established by William Whiteley of Whiteley's stores for thrifty elderly individuals and was designed on an octagonal plan by Frank Atkinson, utilizing prominent architects of the time.

Local climate

North and South Model Cottage 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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