Gentlemens Urinal

The Gentlemen's Urinal is a public urinal built in 1919 by A.E. Collins, the City Engineer. It is made of pre-cast reinforced concrete and features a glazed roof. The exterior is a decagonal single-storey structure with a single entrance located on the south-west side. Each of the ten facets consists of three concrete panels set on a concrete plinth, with the panels embossed with a repeating floral pattern and painted. There are two rectangular ventilation slots beneath a moulded cornice and above a moulded string course on each facet. The roof is a two-stage pyramid design supported by ten cast concrete ribs, topped with a ball finial.

Inside, the ball finial transitions into a conical drop pendant. There is a concrete baffle wall in front of the doorway, a concrete floor, and a waste trough. The concrete urinals are arranged in a three-quarter circle and coated with a bituminous compound. This urinal is believed to be the oldest surviving concrete urinal in Britain. In the 1880s, several similar structures were created for the City of Norwich Corporation and placed in prominent city-centre locations, but all have since been demolished.