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Gemma Jones

Morrisons shoppers are just realising why stores have 'weird' roofs

Many Morrisons shoppers may have spotted that most of the stores have the same distinct style with a "conservatory" type addition on the roof.

One shopper in particular had many questions about the weirdly designed 'towers'. Taking to Reddit, user greenora asked: "Can anybody who works at Morrisons shed any light on the weird roof conservatories? Can you go in them? What are they used for?"

They also shared an image of a Morrisons store in an unknown location showing the quirky designed roof. It showed a small section of the roof standing higher than the rest with glass siding and a pointed roof.

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One user replied as they said: "Not Morrisons, but I worked as a construction project manager for Tesco for a few years. The clock towers and such like features are purely aesthetic. Usually only accessible from the roof, and also usually PACKED with pigeons and their s**t. 0/10 would absolutely not recommend going in one."

Another user added: "Just to add to this, they are usually syndicated designs. Architects design generic plans for a supermarket and they then get tweaked to fit wherever they have to go. A company can just come along, pick a generic design that fits their size and other requirements and the architects only change what they need to in order to make it work/fit in the land it has to go on. They do the same thing with other building types as well. Student type accommodation is a fairly common one.

"This is why everyone is going to look at this image and think 'Hmmm I'm sure I've seen another Tesco/ASDA/Waitrose/etc that looks almost identical'. Because you have. And for the most part, it is except with different branding and furnishings."

Meanwhile, a third said: "It seems to be their architectural thing, like they all seem to have a large clock as well outside somewhere. It’s probably a light well as supermarkets in the main are largely infenestrated on the ground floor."

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