Gentlemen's Public Toilets, Union Terrace Gardens, Aberdeen is a Grade B listed building in the Aberdeen City local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 12 January 1967. Garden. 2 related planning applications.

Gentlemen's Public Toilets, Union Terrace Gardens, Aberdeen

WRENN ID
woven-tallow-grain
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Aberdeen City
Constituency
Aberdeen South MP: Douglas Lumsden (Con)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
12 January 1967
Type
Garden
OS grid reference
NJ 939 061
Coordinates
57.14579, -2.10225
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Gentlemen's Public Toilets, located in Union Terrace Gardens, Aberdeen, were designed by A. Marshall Mackenzie of Matthews & Mackenzie and built between 1877 and 1878. The terrace was later widened over the arcades by William Boulton, Civil Engineer, in 1891. The building features a semi-elliptically arched arcade that supports the footpath of Union Terrace above, which is adorned with a balustrade. Additionally, the arch of Dow Brig, originally constructed by John Jeans in 1747, has been incorporated into the design.

Local climate

Gentlemen's Public Toilets, Union Terrace Gardens, Aberdeen receives an average of 880 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 64% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 82% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 8 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 93% of listed buildings. Of these, 6 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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