Canopy to former petrol station, Markham Moor is a Grade II listed building in the Bassetlaw local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 March 2012. Canopy.
Canopy to former petrol station, Markham Moor
- WRENN ID
- odd-cloister-winter
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bassetlaw
- Constituency
- Newark MP: Robert Jenrick (RUK)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 March 2012
- Type
- Canopy
- Address
- Canopy to former petrol station, Markham Moor, North of A1, Nottinghamshire, West Drayton
- OS grid reference
- SK 716 738
- Coordinates
- 53.25689, -0.92769
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The structure is a canopy for a former petrol station located at Markham Moor, built from concrete cast in-situ. It has a rhomboid shape, measuring 60 feet square. The canopy features a hyperbolic paraboloid shell design, characterized by sharp fins that rise towards the sky while the sides slope down to the ground. Its shape resembles a handkerchief, with two corners reaching heights of 37 feet 4 inches, while the opposite corners are just 5 feet above the ground. The central dip of the canopy is 18 feet 6 inches high. It is supported at its lower edges by four simple concrete stanchions. Beneath the canopy, a single-storey restaurant building made of brick was constructed in the 1980s. This building has plain elevations and deep fascias, with large areas of glazing on the main façades, but it does not have special architectural interest and is excluded from the listing. The interior of the restaurant features standard late 20th-century fittings typical of motorway service stations, which are also not of special interest.
Local climate
Canopy to former petrol station, Markham Moor sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 97% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 93% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 54% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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