Join me on my merry trek of old ruins, cinemas, railways and things that just catch my attention around Yorkshire and the UK. John.
View this post on Instagram Markham Moor petrol filling station as it would have looked in the 1960s. It must have been a dramatic sight driving south on a recently built stretch of A1 dual carriageway and seeing this futuristic structure reaching for the sky, a world away from the sights of the old route along the Great North Road (the main highway from London to York and Edinburgh for centuries) with its villages and old coaching inns. The new road stopped abruptly at a roundabout shortly after here and dropped back onto the old road until the next new section of dual carriageway was built. The roundabout was a bottleneck for years and was finally removed when a new junction was built in the early 2010s. The canopy and old Little Chef (built under the canopy in the 1980s after the petrol station closed) were due to be demolished, but the canopy was given Grade II listed status in 2012 saving it, the new junction design altered slightly to avoid it. The 90 tonne concrete canopy rests on four concrete pillars at the edges and underneath it was open allowing cars to drive in and fill up at one of the four petrol pumps protected from the rain. One side appeared to have a storeroom or office area between the two pillars. It was designed by architect Hugh Segar (Sam) Scorer and structural engineer Dr Hajnal-Kónyl using a strong hyperbolic paraboloid shape. #a1road #markhammoor #hyperbolicparaboloid #modernist #moderism #ukarchitecture #concreteroof #littlechef #saddleroof #samscorer #hyperbolicparaboloid #hypar #hajnalkonyl #hughsegarscorer #petrolstation #gasstation A post shared by John | Exploration and history (@merrytrek) on Sep 10, 2019 at 7:05am PDT
Markham Moor petrol filling station as it would have looked in the 1960s. It must have been a dramatic sight driving south on a recently built stretch of A1 dual carriageway and seeing this futuristic structure reaching for the sky, a world away from the sights of the old route along the Great North Road (the main highway from London to York and Edinburgh for centuries) with its villages and old coaching inns. The new road stopped abruptly at a roundabout shortly after here and dropped back onto the old road until the next new section of dual carriageway was built. The roundabout was a bottleneck for years and was finally removed when a new junction was built in the early 2010s. The canopy and old Little Chef (built under the canopy in the 1980s after the petrol station closed) were due to be demolished, but the canopy was given Grade II listed status in 2012 saving it, the new junction design altered slightly to avoid it. The 90 tonne concrete canopy rests on four concrete pillars at the edges and underneath it was open allowing cars to drive in and fill up at one of the four petrol pumps protected from the rain. One side appeared to have a storeroom or office area between the two pillars. It was designed by architect Hugh Segar (Sam) Scorer and structural engineer Dr Hajnal-Kónyl using a strong hyperbolic paraboloid shape. #a1road #markhammoor #hyperbolicparaboloid #modernist #moderism #ukarchitecture #concreteroof #littlechef #saddleroof #samscorer #hyperbolicparaboloid #hypar #hajnalkonyl #hughsegarscorer #petrolstation #gasstation
A post shared by John | Exploration and history (@merrytrek) on Sep 10, 2019 at 7:05am PDT
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