Public Conveniences is a Grade II listed building in the Newport local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 31 January 1997. Public convenience.
Public Conveniences
- WRENN ID
- empty-spandrel-ivy
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Newport
- Constituency
- Newport East MP: Jessica Morden (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 31 January 1997
- Type
- Public convenience
- Address
- Public Conveniences, Pillgwenlly
- OS grid reference
- ST 316 867
- Coordinates
- 51.57542, -2.98759
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
This building is a public convenience, constructed in the early 20th century. It has a roughly triangular shape with entrances on either side, both labeled "GENTLEMEN". The structure is made of red brick, featuring terracotta detailing and rendered panels. It has a pitched, slated roof with a raised ventilator at the ridge.
The front elevation includes a squat, louvered Venetian window that is topped with a moulded terracotta hood and sill. There are baluster pilasters on either side of the central opening. The gable is pedimented and has a moulded terracotta cornice, with a porthole opening set within a moulded terracotta surround. The flanking brick pilasters have moulded terracotta caps. The two rear elevations are blind.
Inside, the building features white glazed tiling throughout, along with a surviving original curved white ceramic urinal and fittings.
Local climate
Public Conveniences receives an average of 930 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 71% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 72% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 55% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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