88-92, OCTAGON ROAD

TQ 0962 BOROUGH OF ELMBRIDGE OCTAGON ROAD (inner side) Whiteley Village

10/300 Nos. 88 to 92 (even)

GV II

Almshouse row. Circa 1912 by Sir Aston Webb. Red brick with wooden cornice to plain tiled roofs, hidden behind parapets of window projections. 3 tall banded brick stacks at left and right ends and off ridge stack to front left. That to left is stepped. Single storey. 3 projections, one at each end and one to left of centre, with 1 tripartite glazing bar sash in each and quasi pilaster brick mouldings flanking . The right hand projection has a gable with small opening. Between the projections the eaves drop down over the entrance verandahs, that to right, wider, with central twisted brick pier. Each verandah has a double casement behind and contains a boarded door. 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) pp520-1.

Listing NGR: TQ0933862349