Bank Hill Ladies public convenience is a Grade II listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 April 2020. Public convenience.

Bank Hill Ladies public convenience

WRENN ID
odd-wall-martin
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Northumberland
Country
England
Date first listed
17 April 2020
Type
Public convenience
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Bank Hill Ladies public convenience, built in 1899, is a public restroom designed for women. It has a shallow T-shaped plan with an entrance facing west.

Constructed from brick with a rendered finish and applied timber cladding, the building features a tiled roof adorned with terracotta ridges and finials. It is located on an undeveloped triangular plot next to Meg's Mount Bastion and the entrance to the Elizabethan rampart walk. The design mimics a rustic cottage, showcasing geometric and curvilinear timber cladding above a plain base with chamfered timber details, painted in green and cream. The eaves are overhanging, and decorative barge boards enhance the exterior. The pitched roofs are covered with alternating red fish scale and rectangular tiles, featuring decorative ridging and ornate finials. The gabled, single-bay west elevation has a deeply inset central entrance with a four-panel door and a rectangular fanlight, which were formerly glazed. The right and left two-bay returns have slightly projecting rear gabled bays, while the rear single-bay elevation includes an upper triangular-shaped window.

Inside, the floor is laid with geometric patterned tiles bordered with tiles of a different color. The walls are covered with glazed white tiles up to a moulded dado, with painted vertical wood cladding above. The roof features a turned collar with a decorative pendant, supporting purlins and ridge beams. Below this, a substantial panelled cross beam once supported a partition that divided the interior into two areas: the front part was an open space with rectangular recesses on either side of the entrance, and the rear part was formerly divided into three separate water-closet cubicles, illuminated by an upper window that includes a central louvred section.

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