Water Closet Cubicle Immediately South of West Porch of Church of St Michael, Moor Hospital is a Grade II listed building in the Lancaster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 March 1995. A Victorian Public toilet.
Water Closet Cubicle Immediately South of West Porch of Church of St Michael, Moor Hospital
- WRENN ID
- vast-cloister-hemlock
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Lancaster
- Constituency
- Lancaster and Wyre MP: Cat Smith (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 March 1995
- Type
- Public toilet
- Period
- Victorian
- Address
- Water Closet Cubicle Immediately South of West Porch of Church of St Michael, Moor Hospital, Quernmore Road
- OS grid reference
- SD 492 616
- Coordinates
- 54.0482, -2.77668
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The water closet cubicle, located immediately south of the west porch of the Church of St Michael at Moor Hospital, dates from the late 19th century. It is made of cast iron and has a rectangular plan with no roof. The design features square panels arranged between uprights, with two panels on the short sides and three on the long sides. The cubicle occupies an area of one panel by two panels and is accessed via a passageway that runs around two of its sides. The panels are adorned with interlace patterns in low relief. The elevation displays a row of perforated half-height panels at the base, followed by a row of solid panels, then a row of perforated full-sized panels, and finally a half-height row with two rows of slots. Although the cubicle door has been removed, the positions for the hinge and striking plate are still visible. The foundry marks are mostly illegible but include the word 'Glasgow'.
Local climate
Water Closet Cubicle Immediately South of West Porch of Church of St Michael, Moor Hospital sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,370 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 97% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 97% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 69% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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