London: former Daimler Hire garage, Herbrand Street, Holborn 2014-03-18

Built 1931-3 to designs by Wallis, Gilbert and Partners. Daimler-owned cars were stored on the upper floors while the basement was used as a car park, for privately owned cars, with a waiting-room, attendant's office, lavatories and telephones. Each floor had an electrically operated pressure washing plant for the cars. The spiral vehicle ramp on the right, originally entered beneath the "McCANN" lettering, was one of the earliest of its type, and is probably the earliest survivor. List description: list.english-heritage.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1378855 .Photo when new, showing that the building was not originally painted: www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-21229820 [you may need to scroll through the menu to find the appropriate photograph].