{"id":23407,"date":"2019-07-27T16:10:40","date_gmt":"2019-07-27T15:10:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ihbconline.co.uk\/newsachive\/?p=23407"},"modified":"2019-07-27T16:10:40","modified_gmt":"2019-07-27T15:10:40","slug":"heritage-from-the-doorstep-north-london-sainsburys-becomes-first-supermarket-building-to-get-listed-status","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=23407","title":{"rendered":"Heritage from the doorstep: North London Sainsbury\u2019s becomes first supermarket building to get listed status"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-23408\" src=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Leigh_Journal_260719-290x300.png\" alt=\"website\" width=\"290\" height=\"300\" \/>A branch of Sainsbury\u2019s on Camden Road in north London has become the first purpose-built supermarket to be given listed status, as featured in <em>The Leigh Journal<\/em> among many other publications.<\/h3>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><em>The Leigh Journal<\/em> writes:<\/p>\n<p>The building, on Camden Road, was designed in the \u2018high tech\u2019 style which is inspired by engineering and construction. Built between 1986 and 1988 on the Grand Union Canal, its metal exterior resembles a series of air vents or engines. The supermarket was designed by Nicholas Grimshaw &amp; Partners \u2013 one of the pioneers of the high tech look. It was granted grade II listed status on Friday by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport on the advice of Historic England \u2013 a public body which protect sites of national importance. The store is part of the Grand Union Complex, which includes Grand Union Walk \u2013 pod-like houses also built in the high tech style. Grand Union Walk \u2013 which is one of the few examples of the high tech aesthetic being applied to housing \u2013 also received listed status.<\/p>\n<p>Minister for Heritage, Rebecca Pow, said: \u2018The National Heritage List is a wonderfully eclectic group of some of the most historically important and interesting buildings around the UK. The Sainsbury\u2019s supermarket being listed today is a fine example of architects and their clients working closely with local authorities to create developments which are both functional and appropriate for their surroundings and is a worthy addition to the list.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Duncan Wilson, Historic England\u2019s chief executive, said: \u2018The Camden Road Sainsbury\u2019s is an outstanding example of high tech architecture in a busy urban setting. It is an unapologetically futuristic building which also sits comfortably alongside its historic neighbours \u2013 matching the scale of the 19th-century terrace opposite \u2013 and rightly deserves to be recognised for its architectural significance.\u2019<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.leighjournal.co.uk\/news\/national\/17783172.north-london-sainsbury-s-becomes-first-supermarket-building-get-listed-status\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more&#8230;.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A branch of Sainsbury\u2019s on Camden Road in north London has become the first purpose-built supermarket to be given listed status, as featured in The Leigh Journal among many other publications.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23407","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sector-newsblog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23407","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=23407"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23407\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23409,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23407\/revisions\/23409"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=23407"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=23407"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=23407"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}