Festival of Britain Bus Shelter

The Festival of Britain Bus Shelter in Farmington is a bus shelter built in 1951, designed by Gerald J Green. It is constructed from coursed Cotswold rubble stone with ashlar quoins and features a Cotswold stone slate roof. The shelter has an octagonal shape and a conical roof topped with a stone ball finial. It includes windows on the west and east sides and a small gable over the entrance that bears the inscription 'FESTIVAL OF BRITAIN 1951/ERECTED BY THE PEOPLE OF/FARMINGTON/WITH LOCAL MATERIALS'. Inside, there is a wooden bench attached to three sides of the shelter.

The idea for these bus shelters came from the Council for the Preservation of Rural England and the National Association of Parish Councils, who suggested that small parish councils could celebrate the Festival of Britain by building bus stops using local materials to blend into the landscape. Gerald J Green's design won a competition held by the National Association of Parish Councils, earning him £100. This was the first building he designed.

The bus shelter is designated at Grade II because it is a good example of a Festival of Britain bus shelter, well designed in a vernacular style and made from high-quality local materials.