Toilets, West Lodge Complex, Edinburgh Zoo, 134 Corstorphine Road, Edinburgh is a Grade C listed building in the City of Edinburgh local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 11 November 1997. Toilets.
Toilets, West Lodge Complex, Edinburgh Zoo, 134 Corstorphine Road, Edinburgh
- WRENN ID
- shadowed-quoin-tarn
- Grade
- C
- Local Planning Authority
- City of Edinburgh
- Constituency
- Edinburgh West MP: Christine Jardine (LD)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 11 November 1997
- Type
- Toilets
- OS grid reference
- NT 206 731
- Coordinates
- 55.94501, -3.27182
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The toilets at the West Lodge Complex in Edinburgh Zoo were designed by Robert Lorimer in 1913. This single-storey, single-bay building features a square plan and is designed in the Arts and Crafts style. The exterior is finished with painted harl and includes a base course and a piended bell-cast roof.
On the north elevation, there is a screening wall that leads to the toilet entrance. The south, east, and west elevations each have a single horizontal window. The roof is covered with grey slate and has a pyramidal ventilation panel at its apex. The building features replacement glazing and cast-iron rainwater goods.
Inside, the female toilets have been refurbished with new cubicles and wash basins, while the male toilets were not seen during the inspection in 1997.
Local climate
Toilets, West Lodge Complex, Edinburgh Zoo, 134 Corstorphine Road, Edinburgh sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 970 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 78% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 53% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 47 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 89% of listed buildings. Of these, 28 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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