Public Conveniences at landward end of Mumbles Pier is a Grade II listed building in the Swansea local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 29 October 1999. Public convenience.

Public Conveniences at landward end of Mumbles Pier

WRENN ID
spare-granite-bramble
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Swansea
Constituency
Gower MP: Tonia Antoniazzi (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
29 October 1999
Type
Public convenience
Address
Public Conveniences at landward end of Mumbles Pier, Mumbles Head
OS grid reference
SS 630 874
Coordinates
51.56887, -3.97787
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The public conveniences at the landward end of Mumbles Pier are designed in a castellated style and constructed with cyclopean masonry against the exposed rock face. The building features a central range that is two stories tall with two windows, flanked by single-story wings that each have four windows, all topped with embattled parapets. The windows have shallow pointed heads and small-pane glazing. The central range includes empty niches positioned slightly lower than the windows on both stories. The upper story projects on a corbel table, and there is a vented oculus with a hood mould at the upper center, which is integrated with the parapet string course.

The wings contain doorways set back at the right and left ends, located under battlements, with cast iron gates (the entrance for gentlemen is on the right, and for ladies on the left). The doorway on the right is elevated due to the sloping ground, and there are steps further to the right that lead up over this doorway. The wings have curved convex roofs painted grey, which feature an embattled parapet that continues with the upper-story parapet.

On the right, concrete steps with a stone parapet lead to two pointed doorways with boarded doors above the right wing, providing access to the upper story of the central range. Additional concrete steps lead to a balcony on top of the structure, which has added railings and a rendered and painted surface.

Local climate

Public Conveniences at landward end of Mumbles Pier sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,380 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 97% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 98% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 14 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 87% of listed buildings. Of these, 5 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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