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Petrol stations granted listed building status
Two petrol stations in the UK have been given listed building status by English Heritage, the organisation that protects and oversees historic buildings in England.
The Esso garage on the A6 in Birstall, Leicestershire has been added to the English Heritage list – now classified as a grade II listed building – while the Markham Moor fuel station on the A1 has also been granted heritage status.
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Both buildings are known for their architectural innovations and were built in the 1960s.
The Esso garage was designed by American architect Elliot Noyes and employs six circular canopies covering the forecourt.
According to English Heritage architectural historian, John Minnis, “As far as we know, this filling station is the last of its kind left in the country.
“The sort of canopies you get now are big and flat and quite high up. That started when filling stations started to go over to self service, because it was important to keep customers dry.”
The design was commissioned by oil company giant Mobil (now ExxonMobil) in 1964 to produce an instantly recognisable structure that could be used all over the world.
The Markham Moor filling station on the A1 in Nottinghamshire was also honoured for its advanced architecture – notably its “hyperbolic paraboloid” curving concrete roof structure – designed by British architect Sam Scorer.
The roof uses the same construction techniques employed in the Sydney Opera House and is one of only a few structures of its type to survive in the UK.
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15Comments
08/05/2012 17:39
It is funny, these old stations look more contemporary than the current ones.
08/05/2012 13:50
Good for English Heritage..........think the one pictured here looks fantastic !!
08/05/2012 22:19
The 1960's were the last great period in British architecture. Since then it has been a downward spiral where cheapness and profit has been the only consideration. We are reverting back to a primative lifestyle where the lower classes will live in caravans and shanty towns. The mud hut is the way to go in rural locations. Inner city ghetto's will adopt the shack made out of old pallets and cardboard boxes. The style is going to be poverty driven. The petrol station of the future will probably look like it has been built by a redneck on moonshine and will be covered in Islamic writing.
09/05/2012 04:39
Is it me, or have you noticed you can comment on this drival,..but anything of a political nature your blocked,..for instance, the so called Asian men who have been molesting white girls for decades, and they are Muslim, get it right Muslim, and if it were reported correctly which it never is there would be riots in thr streets and rightly so, if you own the media, then you can influence the way we think, but MSN there are some who can see thru your propaganda and misinformation, bet this dont get printed
08/05/2012 21:17
There is better looking retro service station in Alderley Edge, Cheshire. It has recently been converted into a restaurant. It is next to the station on the way into the village from Wilmslow.
08/05/2012 20:24
From what i have seen politicians carry out and leaders do and how the human race constantly live in a world of mass lies,
this country is stupid and dumb, the english do the stupidist of things these days, how ever did you people survive world war II, is beyond me it really is.
This country has sunk right down lower than low, its pitifull the way the english go on these days, it really is madness.
this country is stupid and dumb, the english do the stupidist of things these days, how ever did you people survive world war II, is beyond me it really is.
This country has sunk right down lower than low, its pitifull the way the english go on these days, it really is madness.
08/05/2012 17:54
Perhaps now that English Heritage has taken on the Markham Moor building perhaps some time and money will be spent to put it back into good order instead of the down and out derelict building it has become. At moment it looks like it is falling down and is really a disgrace to the area. By the way it hasn't been a petrol station for a number of years - it was recreated as a Little Chef quite some years ago and closed down a few months ago. Since then it has been used as a rubbish tip!
08/05/2012 18:07
We lucky Huddersfield shoppers have super duper Hyperbolic Paraboloids in the roof of our otherwise dull and boring indoor market. Woo.
09/05/2012 08:10
what a load of rubbish,are english hertitage stupid or what? It is a horrid mess , another waste of public money and what happens in few years time when station needs revamping
08/05/2012 19:36
i agree rosemary cook ...there is that wonderful derelict little chef with the curved walls ....its a shame nothing has been done with it ......perhaps another a1 sex supermarket ?
08/05/2012 19:49
160 years from now when all these (contemporary) buildings are nestled snugly among housing estates would you live next to one.... knock them down
did the Romans say whoooh hold on ceasar don't knock down and burn those little brit mud round houses! they should be preserved... NO! because they knew the country would be full of delapidated old style houses in twoor so centuries .. think ahead we need straight roads and railway lines not twisty roads avoiding listed buildings ..knock it down and re build it in a open air museum like beamish or the ones in birmingham preserve the best one buldoze the others 
09/05/2012 07:43
Good for English Heritage..........think the one pictured here looks fantastic !!
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08/05/2012 19:08
well done english heritage for taking on markham moor petrol station site. it is a pity that they have not listed one or two old transport cafes on the A1 as well. for instance the cafe at cromwell before its too late.
08/05/2012 23:21
Ideally we should demolish old houses to make way for newer ones. It keeps people employed and keeps the houses modern. Old houses are just money burners where you can't change the windows and they leak heat.
All old buildings were "new" and "fantastic" why not keep that going?
All old buildings were "new" and "fantastic" why not keep that going?
08/05/2012 21:51
A waste of time and money, who are these short sighted idiots who claim to know better ?
It just makes you ashamed to be British .
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