Public Urinal to East of Post Office is a Grade II listed building in the Wakefield local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 October 1987. Public facility.
Public Urinal to East of Post Office
- WRENN ID
- upper-arch-stoat
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wakefield
- Constituency
- Pontefract, Castleford and Knottingley MP: Yvette Cooper (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 October 1987
- Type
- Public facility
- Address
- Public Urinal to East of Post Office, Front Street
- OS grid reference
- SE 438 245
- Coordinates
- 53.71579, -1.3373
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The public urinal located to the east of the Post Office in Glass Houghton is a notable structure, likely built in the late 19th century or early 20th century. It is a Macfarlane's Patent urinal, manufactured by the Saracen Foundry in Glasgow, as indicated by the lettering on the west end. The urinal is made of cast iron and features ceramic furnishings.
The design is rectangular with curved rear corners and has an open top. It consists of decorated plates arranged in vertical panels within a slender tubular frame. There are open entrances at each end, with four panels between these entrances and returned ends that create internal screens. Each panel is adorned with raised and pierced geometrical patterns, while the top features a two-tiered grill. Inside, there are four stalls, which appear to be original to the structure.
Local climate
Public Urinal to East of Post Office receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 63% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 94% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 71% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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