46-54, OCTAGON ROAD is a Grade II listed building in the Elmbridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 November 1984. Almshouse.
46-54, OCTAGON ROAD
- WRENN ID
- sombre-passage-flax
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Elmbridge
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 November 1984
- Type
- Almshouse
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Nos. 46 to 54 on Octagon Road are a row of almshouses built around 1912, possibly designed by Ernest Newton. The buildings are constructed of red brick, featuring raised quoins and a moulded cornice beneath a plain tiled, hipped roof. The roof is adorned with two panelled ridge stacks and one panelled end stack on the left. This single-storey structure has casement windows located in the 1st, 4th, 5th, 8th, and 9th bays. There is one single arched entrance at the far right, along with pointed arched entrances in the 2nd and 3rd bays and the 6th and 7th bays. Whiteley Village was established by William Whiteley of Whiteley's stores to provide housing for thrifty elderly individuals and was designed on an octagonal plan by Frank Atkinson, utilizing prominent architects of the time.
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