78 And 80, Octagon Road is a Grade II listed building in the Elmbridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 November 1984. Almshouse.
78 And 80, Octagon Road
- WRENN ID
- swift-foundation-fern
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Elmbridge
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 November 1984
- Type
- Almshouse
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
TQ 0962 BOROUGH OF ELMBRIDGE OCTAGON ROAD
Whiteley Village
10/297 Nos. 78 and 80
GV II
Almshouse pair. Circa 1912 by Sir Mervyn Macartney. Red brick with wide central projection and coved cornice to plain tiled, swept hipped roof which is recessed over wings. Central off ridge stack to front. Single storey. 4 bays those to centre with casements, the outer two with round-headed entrance arches masking casement windows and boarded doors. 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 OF ENGLAND, SURREY (1971) pp520-521.
Listing NGR: TQ0939262323
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