Mobil forecourt canopies is a Grade II listed building in the Leicester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 March 2012. Canopy.
Mobil forecourt canopies
- WRENN ID
- pitched-railing-nettle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Leicester
- Constituency
- Leicester West MP: Liz Kendall (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 March 2012
- Type
- Canopy
- OS grid reference
- SK 589 081
- Coordinates
- 52.66767, -1.12965
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Mobil forecourt canopies are petrol filling station canopies constructed in 1979, designed in the style of the 1960s by Eliot Noyes, who lived from 1910 to 1977. The canopies feature steel posts and frames, consisting of six separate, overlapping circular units supported by tall plain posts. Each circular shape is created by twenty-eight radiating segments that converge on a ring at the post. The canopy units are white, edged with a red and white strip that displays the word 'ESSO', which appears to be painted on. Beneath each canopy unit, there are rectangular metal boxes attached to the posts, likely containing up-lighters. The petrol pumps located under the canopy and the nearby forecourt building are not included in this designation.
Local climate
Mobil forecourt canopies receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 75% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 73% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 64% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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