1. IMAGES OF
MANOR ROAD GARAGE
gary marlowe IMAGES OUT OF THE ORDINARY APRIL 2012

2. IMAGES OUT OF THE ORDINARY
ABOUT THESE IMAGES
I LOVE BUILDINGS THAT ARE OUT OF THE ORDINARY, ESPECIALLY ONES THAT HAPPEN TO BE ON MY DOORSTEP
SUCH AS EAST BEACH CAFE IN LITTLEHAMPTON, SO I WAS INTRIGUED WHEN I HEARD ABOUT SOMETHING
VERY DIFFERENT IN EAST PRESTON, A SMALL SLEEPY VILLAGE ON THE WEST SUSSEX COAST. MANOR ROAD
GARAGE IS A CLASSIC ART DECO BUILDING ORIGINALLY BUILT IN 1919, BUT EXTENDED IN THE MODERNE
STYLE IN 1934. IT WAS RUN AS A GARAGE UNTIL 1973 WHEN IT FELL INTO DISUSE AND WAS LEFT TO DECAY
FILLED WITH OLD CARS AS WELL AS SEVERAL TRACTION ENGINES. IN NOVEMBER 2007 IT WAS GIVEN A
GRADE II LISTING AND NOW FIVE YEARS LATER IT HAS BEEN BRILLIANTLY CONVERTED INTO APARTMENTS,
WHILST STILL KEEPING THE ORIGINAL FACADE, THE ORIGINAL METAL SIGN AND MOST ICONIC OF ALL, THE
ORIGINAL AVERY HARDOLL PETROL PUMPS WHICH DATE FROM THE 40’S OR EARLY 50’S AND HAVE BEEN
BEAUTIFULLY RESTORED BY THE VINTAGE PETROL PUMP COMPANY. IT LOOKS JUST LIKE A FILM SET AND ONLY
NEEDS A CLASSIC CAR PARKED OUTSIDE TO COMPLETE THE LOOK. WHEN I PHOTOGRAPHED IT AT THE
BEGINNING OF APRIL 2012, IT WAS NOT QUITE FINISHED, BUT UNDER A CLEAR BLUE SKY IT LOOKED ALMOST
PERFECT. I HOPE YOU LIKE THE IMAGES!
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY NOTICE
THE IMAGES CONTAINED IN THIS PRESENTATION WERE CREATED BY GARY MARLOWE AND, WHILST BEING
AVAILABLE FOR VIEWING ON SLIDESHARE, THEY REMAIN THE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY OF GARY MARLOWE
© GARY MARLOWE | 2012
gary marlowe

3. IMAGES OF
MANOR ROAD
GARAGE

4. THIS IS WHAT THE BUILDING LOOKED LIKE IN NOVEMBER 2008 PHOTOGRAPH BY GRAEME WARREN

18. IMAGES OUT OF THE ORDINARY
ABOUT GARY MARLOWE
WITH A BACKGROUND IN MARKETING AND GRAPHIC DESIGN, GARY APPLIES HIS HIGHLY DISTINCTIVE VISUAL
STYLE TO CREATING IMAGES OUT OF THE ORDINARY ACROSS A DIVERSE ARRAY OF SUBJECT MATTER, FROM
ROCK MUSIC, FAST CARS AND FASHION TO FLOWERS, FOOD AND ANIMALS. WHATEVER THE SUBJECT, HIS
WORK IS INSTANTLY RECOGNISABLE, BOTH IN ITS COMPOSITION AND ESPECIALLY WITH ITS PLAYFULLY
ILLUSTRATIVE GRAPHIC STYLE. INVARIABLY, HE USES HIS IMAGES TO TELL STORIES AND IMAGINATIVELY
CAPTURE A ONE-OFF EXPERIENCE.
gary marlowe

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