The Tesco Express store with ‘remarkable’ hidden gem on top of it

England is not short of historical landmarks – the National Heritage List has 400,000 listings, and it’s constantly growing.

This year alone, the country gained more than 250 new listings, including from 100-year-old signposts to 17th-century tombs. 

Historic England, which is responsible for finding and maintaining listings, has rounded up the 17 most remarkable new landmarks of 2024 — and one of them is above a Tesco Express.

Yep. Bristol’s Broadmead Baptist Church, in the heart of Broadmead shopping centre, sits on top of a Tesco Express — which explains why it’s known locally as  the ‘church above the shops.’

Built in the 1960s, its brutalist design was hailed by Historic England as  ‘a striking example of post-war church architecture’, and was given a Grade II listing in August.

Locals love the church, too, with Harley Ford claiming in a Google review that it’s ‘an amazing hidden gem that looks so deceptive from the outside until you take the time to go look inside’.

Elsewhere on the list of ‘remarkable historic’ locations given protection in 2024 is the Wallasey Central Library, which, having kept most of its original features, is one of the best-preserved Carnegie libraries in the country.

The ‘beautiful’ and ‘wonderful’ library is still loved by the community — however, the local council is considering moving it to a more ‘optimal’ location. Yet, its grade II status, which it was granted in November, has thrown a spanner into those plans. 

And, in October, a well-loved local in Stourbridge, Dudley, received a grade II listing in October.

Built in the 1930s, the pub is said to be a ‘hallmark’ of the ‘improved pub movement’ which was all about bringing in more respectable clientele to watering holes.