Public Lavatories is a Grade II listed building in the Camden local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 December 1993. Public lavatories.
Public Lavatories
- WRENN ID
- dusk-pewter-curlew
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Camden
- Constituency
- Hampstead and Highgate MP: Tulip Siddiq (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 8 December 1993
- Type
- Public lavatories
- Address
- Public Lavatories, South End Green
- OS grid reference
- TQ 273 855
- Coordinates
- 51.55435, -0.16505
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Public lavatories built in 1897 by the London and North-Western Railway. The structure is below ground and entirely tiled in green and white wall tiles, with a chequered black and white floor. There are three entrances above ground: two for gentlemen and one for ladies, enclosed by cast-iron railings on low tiled walls, along with cast-iron gates featuring overthrows. The roof is made of cast iron with thick glass lights.
The gentlemen's lavatory has a symmetrical layout with entrances at either end, a lower entrance, and a central arch. It features two rows of eight urinal stands with marble tops from Doulton's of London, Paris, and Paisley, seven closets, and an attendant's office with chamfered panelled doors and screens beneath decorative vents. There are also similar vents in the walls and circular vents by the cisterns.
The ladies' lavatory is simpler but includes the same panelling, doors, and cast-iron vents. It contains six cubicles and an attendant's room, with a panelled section that has handbasins. The actual lavatories and cisterns have been modernized.
Local climate
Public Lavatories sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 98% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 98% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 66% 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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