Tesco Extra, Baldock
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Tesco Extra, Baldock
Image: © Stefan Czapski Taken: 19 May 2013
Definitely Extra. I can't think of any other building in this country which puts me so much in mind of Mussolini. This central portico of five bays would make a good façade for the railway terminus in a dictator's capital. But the full width of the building is more like 35 bays (sorry, I lost count). The style I think you'd have to describe as Art Deco-Classical, with Egyptian flourishes. For many years - before being acquired by Tesco - it was a hosiery factory. Shot taken after closing time on a Sunday afternoon.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.985256
Longitude
-0.185978
