Full Report for Listed Buildings
The list description is not intended to be a complete inventory of what is listed: it is principally intended to aid identification. By law, the definition of a listed building includes the entire building (i) and any structure or object that is fixed to the said building and ancillary to it and (ii) any other structure or object that forms part of the land and has done so since before 1 July 1948, and was within the curtilage of the building, and ancillary to it, on the date on which said building was first included in the list, or on 1 January 1969, whichever was later.
Summary Description
Reference Number
22553
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
29/10/1999
Date of Amendment
29/10/1999
Name of Property
Public Conveniences at landward end of Mumbles Pier
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Swansea
Community
Mumbles
Town
Swansea
Locality
Mumbles Head
Easting
263018
Northing
187409
Street Side
Location
At the end of the sea front by Mumbles Pier.
Description
Broad Class
Gardens, Parks and Urban Spaces
Period
History
Contemporary with the construction of Mumbles Pier in 1898 and near the terminus of the Mumbles Railway, extended to Mumbles Pier from Oystermouth in the same year.
Exterior
Public conveniences in castellated style with cyclopean masonry built against the exposed rock face behind. A 2-storey 2-window central range has 1-storey, 4-window flanking wings, all under embattled parapets. The windows have shallow pointed heads and small-pane glazing. The central range has empty niches set slightly lower than the windows in each storey. The upper storey projects on a corbel table, and upper centre is a vented oculus with a hood mould integral with the parapet string course. The wings have doorways set back to the R and L ends under battlements and have cast iron gates (Gentlemen to the R, Ladies to the L). The doorway on the R is at a higher level due to the sloping ground. Further R are steps leading up over the doorway.
Curved convex roofs over the wings are painted grey and have an embattled parapet continuous with the upper-storey parapet. Concrete steps with a stone parapet on the R lead to 2 pointed doorways with boarded doors above the wing to R, leading to the upper storey of the central range. Further concrete steps lead to a balcony on top of the structure, which has added railings and a rendered and painted surface.
Interior
Reason for designation
Listed as very rare and well-detailed public conveniences of late C19 date and for group value with Mumbles Pier.
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