Car-chitecture: English Heritage celebrates motoring – in pictures
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Seatbelts on. English Heritage has picked 13 new car-related buildings to join its host of protected sites. Here's a selection of the best, ranging from vintage drive-throughs to space-age garages – and including East Sheen's American-style filling station and the famous Pennine Tower restaurant on the M6
Tue 27 Nov 2012 06.51 EST
Colyford filling station, East Devon (1927-8)
Early petrolheads: A rare example of a 1920s architect-designed filling station, which still has 1950s Avery Hardoll pumpsPhotograph: James O Davies/English Heritage
Much Marcle Garage, Herefordshire, moved and re-used as a garage in 1926
Hangar lane: A first world war aircraft hangar turned into a garage, Much Marcle is a rare example of a building that was adapted to repair motor cars as the early national road network grewPhotograph: James O Davies/English Heritage
Savoy Garage, Blackpool (1914-15)
Savoy grill: Originally built to serve the now-closed Savoy hotel, this garage dates to the earliest days of motoring in England – and it has barely changed since those daysPhotograph: Peter Williams/English Heritage
The former Tower Garage, Alderley Edge (1962)
Motor home: This space age-inspired design shows the influence of US popular culture during the 1950s and 60sPhotograph: James O Davies/English Heritage
East Sheen filling station, Surrey, c1926
The all-in-one garage: This is one of the earliest surviving British examples of an American-style filling station, with canopy and office under a single roofPhotograph: English Heritage
Former H A Saunders Garage, Castle Street, Worcester (1938-9)
Car-pe diem: Car showroom and repair shop designed by the noted Scottish architect John Soutar. The distinctive outline of the tower, with its copper roof and large clock face, make it a big feature of the skyline of Worcester's medieval cityPhotograph: Peter Williams/English Heritage
The former Morris Garage at 21 Longwall Street, Oxford, 1909-10
Morris major: Constructed for William Morris as his first purpose-built garage, this is the birthplace of the bullnose Morris OxfordPhotograph: James O Davies/English Heritage
The former Pennine Tower restaurant on the north-bound side of Forton service area (now known as Lancaster service area), 1964-5
This was the future, then: One of the earliest and most striking examples of postwar motoring architecturePhotograph: Bob Skingle/English Heritage
Wellingore Garage, Lincolnshire, 1933
A garage in disguise: Designed by F Glanville Goodin to look like a barn with a half-hipped roof, this design aimed to assuage public concerns that new motoring buildings were a blight on rural landscapesPhotograph: Steve Cole/English HeritageExplore more on these topics