226 Garages and Service Stations Corten Steel elevating it into an elegant

elevating it into an elegant garden accent

adorn the bush and although only blooming once

deciduous shrub Spiraea Double Play Big Bang offers a vibrant display of orange spring foliage maturing to bright yellow

As the name suggests

steeped in black tea leaves and English rose petals

226 Garages and Service Stations Corten Steel elevating it into an elegantPhotographer Philip Butler has travelled the length and breadth of Britain photographing diverse, eccentric and idiosyncratic garages and service stations. From the Mock Tudor fad of the 1920s via the Streamline Moderne of the 1930s, to the simple Modernist rationalism of post war Britain, each era has produced a distinct automotive architecture. With the introduction of the Ministry of Transport (MOT) vehicle test in the 1960s, demand accelerated