Public Conveniences and Former Lodge and Shop is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire West and Chester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 August 1992. Lodge, public conveniences. 3 related planning applications.

Public Conveniences and Former Lodge and Shop

WRENN ID
errant-sentry-lark
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cheshire West and Chester
Constituency
Chester North and Neston MP: Samantha Dixon (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
18 August 1992
Type
Lodge, public conveniences
Address
Public Conveniences and Former Lodge and Shop, 15, Frodsham Street, CH1 3JL
OS grid reference
SJ 407 664
Coordinates
53.19192, -2.88855
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This building, originally a lodge and shop, now serves as part of a wine bar and public conveniences. It was constructed in 1904 by John Douglas, a prominent architect, and built by W Browne for Chester City Council. The structure is made of sandstone, brick, and timber frame, topped with a red-brown clay tile roof.

The exterior features two storeys. The shop facing Frodsham Street has replaced half-glazed double doors at the left corner, situated beneath a timber-framed tourelle supported by tall brackets. There is a two-course sandstone plinth and a row of small-framed panels, along with a small-pane shop window. On the first floor, each exposed face of the octagonal tourelle has a two-light leaded casement window, with small framing below. A three-light leaded casement window is located under a dormer gable facing Frodsham Street, and the bargeboards are decorated with carved arrises. The hipped roof features a tourelle roof that is expressed as a spire, complete with a lead cross as a finial.

The south face of the building has undergone some alterations, including a shop window next to the entrance and a braced oak beam over the modified entry to the men's lavatory. There is a stone-dressed doorway leading to the women's lavatory. The first floor has close-studded framing and two windows in an altered flat-roofed dormer. The interior does not have any visible features of special interest.

Local climate

Public Conveniences and Former Lodge and Shop receives an average of 890 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 66% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 78% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 62% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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