Grade-II listed 1920s lavatory for sale in Wales for £50000

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  • Listen public toilets that have been shut for 15 years are now on sale
  • Expected to go for more than £50,000 as ‘leisure and tourism development’ 
  • Loo overlooks Whitmore Bay on Barry Island and has magnificent views 

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India Sturgis for MailOnline


Published:
15:38 GMT, 8 May 2015

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Updated:
16:01 GMT, 8 May 2015

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It would be a good way to spend a pretty penny. 

A listed building has gone up for sale with splendid views and a prime spot above the beach – it is also an ex-public toilet.

The grade-II lavatory has been shut for 15 years and dubbed the ‘loo with a view’. It was built in 1923 when the Welsh seaside resort of Barry Island was as its peak is expected to be turned into a cafe or restaurant.

A public toilet on Barry Island in Wales has gone up for sale for £50,000 after not being used for 15 years

A public toilet on Barry Island in Wales has gone up for sale for £50,000 after not being used for 15 years

Experts predict it will go for more than £50,000 and it is one of just a handful of listed public loos. The entrances are central with the Ladies to the left and Gentlemen to the right. But the crowning glory is the view over the golden sands of Whitmore Bay right across the Bristol Channel.

The official listed building status describes it as ‘concrete built and flat-roofed with a symmetrical eight bay neo-classical façade with cornices and pilasters dividing the bays.’ 

Lavatory has been dubbed the 'loo with a view' and was built in 1923 when the resort was peaking

Lavatory has been dubbed the ‘loo with a view’ and was built in 1923 when the resort was peaking

The crowning glory is the view over the golden sands of Whitmore Bay right across the Bristol Channel

The crowning glory is the view over the golden sands of Whitmore Bay right across the Bristol Channel

Its listed status means that new owners would be unable to modify they key structure but they could still transform the building in a number of ways.  

Council spokesman Rob Thomas said: ‘This site is arguably the best opportunity available for a leisure and tourism development in South Wales.

The toilet block is concrete built and flat-roofed with a symmetrical eight bay neo-classical façade

The toilet block is concrete built and flat-roofed with a symmetrical eight bay neo-classical façade

‘It enjoys panoramic views across the region’s premier sandy beach at Whitmore Bay and is just a short hop from Wales’ capital city.’ 

It wouldn’t be the first toilets to undergo a creative transformation. In Aberystwyth, a similar building was made into a fish restaurant. 

Entrances are central with the Ladies to the left and Gentlemen to the right and the loos overlook the bay

ntrances are central with the Ladies to the left and Gentlemen to the right and the loos overlook the bay

A lavatory in Aberystwyth has been turned into a fish restaurant in another example of a toiler transformation

In Aberystwyth, a similar building was made into a fish restaurant called Pysgoty

The grade-II listed colonnaded loo with a view has been shut for more than 15 years ago

The grade-II listed colonnaded ‘loo with a view’ has been shut for more than 15 years ago

New owners would be unable to modify the key structure but they could adapt and renovate the building

New owners would be unable to modify the key structure but they could adapt and renovate the building

The fish bar and deli – called Pysgoty – is held up as a example of how old town buildings can be renovated and made profitable.

Elsewhere, on Anglesey there were plans earlier this year to turn an old toilet block into a house.  

 


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