Public Urinal is a Grade II listed building in the Bristol, City of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 December 2014. Public urinal.
Public Urinal
- WRENN ID
- deep-fireplace-blackthorn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bristol, City of
- Constituency
- Bristol Central MP: Carla Denyer (Green)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 December 2014
- Type
- Public urinal
- OS grid reference
- ST 573 748
- Coordinates
- 51.47087, -2.61541
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This public urinal, dating from the 1880s, was manufactured by W. MacFarlane & Co. Ltd’s Saracen Foundry in Glasgow and relocated to its current site in 1903/4.
The structure is rectangular and made of cast iron, featuring square entrance screens at both the north and south entrances. It has a slender iron frame adorned with decorative panels that exhibit a geometric, Moorish-style design. The upper panels include ventilation slits, and the upper iron frame is detailed with a saw-tooth pattern. The hipped roof is a glazed cast-iron construction arranged in two tiers. Positioned on a slight slope, the north end is set into the concrete pavement, while the sides and south end rest on chamfered stone blocks. Each entrance has a concrete step, which is shallower at the north end. Inside, there are two rows of bowed porcelain urinal units, separated by curved metal ‘modesty’ screens at chest level. The floor surrounding the urinals is covered with modern tiles.
Local climate
Public Urinal receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 62% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 63% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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