11-08-2024, 09:21 AM
The old Little Chef at Markham Moor on the A1 near Worksop was originally a filling station.
It is listed because it is a very unusual structure. The roof is a hyperbolic paraboloid which is extremely rigid and is supported on just 4 pillars. The current building is built underneath the canopy and does not support it.
A straight edge can be laid along its surface in all directions which looks very unlikely.
There are a few other examples of this design used for building roofs icluding a primary school in Cambridge.
It is listed because it is a very unusual structure. The roof is a hyperbolic paraboloid which is extremely rigid and is supported on just 4 pillars. The current building is built underneath the canopy and does not support it.
A straight edge can be laid along its surface in all directions which looks very unlikely.
There are a few other examples of this design used for building roofs icluding a primary school in Cambridge.
Jim