
A rare example of a 1920s architect-designed filling station, which still has 1950s Avery Hardoll pumps Photograph: James O Davies/English Heritage

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 grew Photograph: James O Davies/English Heritage

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 days Photograph: Peter Williams/English Heritage

This space age-inspired design shows the influence of US popular culture during the 1950s and 60s
Photograph: James O Davies/English Heritage

This is one of the earliest surviving British examples of an American-style filling station, with canopy and office under a single roof Photograph: English Heritage

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 city
Photograph: Peter Williams/English Heritage

Constructed for William Morris as his first purpose-built garage, this is the birthplace of the bullnose Morris Oxford Photograph: James O Davies/English Heritage

One of the earliest and most striking examples of postwar motoring architecture Photograph: Bob Skingle/English Heritage

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 landscapes Photograph: Steve Cole/English Heritage