Heritage Locations

Clovelly Cross Filling Station

A remarkably decorative small station built in 1928 and listed Grade II.

Constructor:
Unclassified

Period of construction:
1900 - 1949

Transport Trust plaque:
No

Transport Mode:
Road

Address:
Higher Clovelly, Bideford, Devon, EX39 5RZ

Postcode:
EX39 5RZ

Nearest Town:
Bideford

Heritage Centre:
No

In the early 1920s there was increasing concern abut the spoiling of the countryside by the invasion of mass motoring and its accompanying infrastructure. In response to this concern, at this remote spot above Clovelly on the main road west from Bideford, a cottage style filling station and garage was built  with the intention of presenting petrol supply and a motor workshop in an attractive and sensitive way. It survives intact.

Bibliography:
Aamo, Alv Sogstad, Petrol Station: A Visual History, Norsk Form (Norway) ISBN-10 8245200107 (1995)

Demaus, A. B., Motoring in the 20s and 30s. Batsford, ISBN 0 7134 1538 X(1979)

Flower, Michael & Wynn Jones, Raymond, One Hundred Years of Motoring, RAC, ASIN B00159N2JQ (1981)

Harmsworth, Sir Alfred, Motors and Motor Driving, Longmans, The Badminton Library, (1904)

Jakle, Prof. John, The Gas Station in America, John Hopkins University Press, ISBN-100801847230 (1994)

Pascal, Dominique, Stations Service, ETAI (France), ISBN 2-7268-8341-9 (1999)

Rolt, L. T. C., Motoring History, Dutton, ASIN B0010ZXCK4 (1964)

Russell, Tim, Fill 'er Up: The Great American Gas Station, Voyageur, ISBN-10 0760328714 (2007)

Ware, Michael, A Roadside Camera, David & Charles, ISBN 0 7153 6791 9 (1974)

Witzel, Michael, American Gas Station: History and Folklore of Gas Stations in America, MBI, ISBN-10 0760306494 (1998)


Opening Times:
Daily but enquire on tel: 01237 431 366

How To Find:
By road: On the A 39 at the turning for Clovelly.

Facilities:
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Current Conditions: Mostly Cloudy in Bideford, GBR (as of 5:20 AM 6/18/2013)

Current conditions (as of 5:20 AM)
Mostly Cloudy
Mostly Cloudy. 14°C (Feels like 14). Humidity: 88% Winds: 9 km/hr N.
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Forecast for Tuesday, June 18, 2013 for Bideford, GBR

Today: Partly Cloudy.Partly Cloudy Lo: 12°C. Hi: 24°C. Chance of precipitation: 45%
Tomorrow: Partly Cloudy.Partly Cloudy Lo: 14°C. Hi: 23°C. Chance of precipitation: 15%
Thursday: Rain.Rain Lo: 13°C. Hi: 18°C. Chance of precipitation: 96%
Friday: Showers / Clear.Showers / Clear Lo: 11°C. Hi: 17°C. Chance of precipitation: 75%
Saturday: Showers / Clear.Showers / Clear Lo: 12°C. Hi: 16°C. Chance of precipitation: 98%

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