Public Toilets to North of King William III Statue is a Grade II listed building in the Kingston upon Hull, City of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 January 1994. Public toilet. 1 related planning application.

Public Toilets to North of King William III Statue

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Kingston upon Hull, City of
Constituency
Kingston upon Hull West and Haltemprice MP: Emma Hardy (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
21 January 1994
Type
Public toilet
Address
Public Toilets to North of King William III Statue, Market Place, HU1 1RS
OS grid reference
TA 100 284
Coordinates
53.74118, -0.33358
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The public toilets located to the north of the King William III statue in Kingston upon Hull were built around 1900. This structure is primarily underground and constructed from brick, featuring terracotta and granite details, along with a partly glazed, segmental arched lead roof. The surrounding brick wall includes a moulded plinth and coping.

The entrance at the north-west corner is marked by a pair of rectangular granite piers with arched tops that display the City arms, and there are also a pair of wrought-iron gates with arched tops. Steps with glazed tiled side walls lead down to a 4-centred arched doorway, which has a 4-centred arched head made of faience, adorned with a cartouche featuring the City arms.

Inside, the walls are lined with glazed brick in green and cream, and there is a leaf-patterned frieze along with segment-arched steel roof girders. The fittings, made by Finch & Co of Lambeth, include eight slate stalls equipped with marble and glass cisterns, and four cubicles that feature part-fluted Ionic columns between the doors. These columns have swagged capitals topped with acroteria and support a moulded cornice. The cubicles are fitted with shaped doors that have shaped panels and pairs of leaded lights.

Adjacent to the entrance is a washroom with a half-glazed panelled door, which is flanked on the left by a two-light glazing bar window that has a moulded transom and a round-cornered overlight. To the left of the washroom, there is a moulded five-panel door with two leaded lights topped by segmental pediments.

Local climate

Public Toilets to North of King William III Statue receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 61% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 55% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 24 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 74% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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