Public Lavatory, Outbuilding And Enclosing Walls, To East Of Link House is a Grade II listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 April 1988. Public convenience.

Public Lavatory, Outbuilding And Enclosing Walls, To East Of Link House

WRENN ID
vacant-tower-sepia
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Northumberland
Country
England
Date first listed
7 April 1988
Type
Public convenience
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The building is a public lavatory, outbuilding, and enclosing walls located to the east of Link House. It was originally an engine house for a Defence Electric Light installation built between 1914 and 1919, and it now serves as a public convenience. Constructed of brick in English bond with concrete dressings and a reinforced concrete roof, the rectangular building is situated in a sunk walled enclosure with an outbuilding to the north.

It is a single-storey structure with six bays, featuring a projecting porch at the left end that is now inscribed 'LADIES'. There are four windows, which have been reduced in size, and these have stop-chamfered lintels. A later insertion has created a Gents' doorway on the right return. The roof is slightly pitched with overhanging eaves.

The enclosing wall has a pitched coping and extends to the north-west to flank a curving approach, with end piers topped by pyramidal caps. There is a flight of steps at the south-west corner. The north wall has an embayment with a later concrete roof that housed cooling tanks, while the east side features bases for petrol and oil tanks.

Originally, the building housed two dynamos with Crossley engines that powered the defence electric light emplacements located 50 metres to the east. As a part of a World War I Defence Electric Light installation, it is a rare surviving example.

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