In the 1930s, Cliff Road was extended into Wellingore, forming a more direct route from Grantham to Lincoln, and a purpose-built garage and petrol station was constructed at the point the new road started. The garage was designed for Mr F. Coldron by F. Glanville Goodin with a traditional character in a rural vernacular style. Public opinion in the 1920s had reacted against the spoliation of the countryside by the ad hoc designs of early filling stations and their signage, leading to improved designs in a locally sympathetic style. The garage at Wellingore was designed to fit in with the local landscape, being constructed of local limestone in the form of a barn with a half-hipped roof and stylised midstreys to each long side. The garage opened in December 1933. The back of the building was divided into two sections: the front was used mainly as a showroom for agricultural machinery, and the rear as a garage proper. The building incorporated a small office in the centre with glazed windows inside, commanding a view of both rear and front garage. The floor of the garage was of solid concrete, and it had a pantile roof. There were two wide access doors to the workshop positioned in the rear north-west elevation and under the central gabled bay in the long north-east side. The long south-west side had a matching gabled bay, slightly projecting, which gave access to the original office and lavatories which have now been removed. In the 1950s or 1960s the large opening on the rear wall was blocked and a standard door put in. Around the same time a wide opening was made on the north-east side, to the left of the central gabled bay, which had previously been lit by three windows. In the 1980s a large single-storey extension was built along the length of the south-west side, providing extra space for the workshop at the rear and a shop at the front. Since then, the window on the left of the front south-east elevation has been opened up to form a door and on the rear north-west elevation, the windows flanking the original wide opening have been replaced. The front (south-east) covered drive-way, where the petrol pumps were originally located, is in the form of a drive-through, triple-arched loggia with battered outer piers. The larger central arch is flanked by two smaller ones, giving the impression of a triumphal arch. The petrol pumps were replaced in the late 20th century. The original weathervane survives on the roof. The garage still performs its original function, and in October 2011 a Post Office opened in the front part of the south-west extension. The building is a rare survival of this early building type which has largely retained its original form. For the full description of this listed building please refer to the National Heritage List for England. {1}