Former Servants Lavatory at Gayhurst House (Part of 12 Gayhurst Court Mews) is a Grade II* listed building in the Milton Keynes local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 February 1984. A Victorian Servants' lavatory.

Former Servants Lavatory at Gayhurst House (Part of 12 Gayhurst Court Mews)

WRENN ID
endless-outpost-acorn
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Milton Keynes
Constituency
Milton Keynes North MP: Chris Curtis (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
27 February 1984
Type
Servants' lavatory
Period
Victorian
Address
Former Servants Lavatory at Gayhurst House (Part of 12 Gayhurst Court Mews), MK16 8LG
OS grid reference
SP 845 462
Coordinates
52.10814, -0.76705
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The former servants lavatory at Gayhurst House, part of No. 12 Gayhurst Court Mews, was built between 1859 and 1860 by William Burges. This structure, which served as a lavatory for male servants, projects from the northwest elevation of the former service wing. It is a circular building resembling a Chapter House or monastic kitchen, constructed of stone and topped with a steep conical tiled roof that features a large carving of the head of Cerberus. The building includes four large gabled dormers, each with two arched lights and a circular opening above. There is an eaves gutter with stone rainwater heads positioned over buttresses, and a plinth and cill string. The exterior also showcases four two-light moulded stone mullioned windows. The interior originally had brick divisions, which have since been removed.

Local climate

Former Servants Lavatory at Gayhurst House (Part of 12 Gayhurst Court Mews) sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 86% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 86% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 56% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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