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With spiralling land prices turning even the darkest corners of London into potential goldmines, the city’s forgotten spaces, including 19th-century public toilets, are blossoming into restaurants, ...

There are many cast-iron structures spread across London that once served as Victorian public toilets. Most have been abandoned, but a few have found a new lease on life. One of the most creative ...

After two years of restorations at the costs of hundreds of thousands of dollars, the Attendant Cafe is one of a number of urinal-turned-cafe popping up around London. Attendant manager Jacinta Price ...

The Grade II public convenience, at the top of Whiteladies Road, in Clifton, is still in use and was built by Glasgow-based W.MacFarlane in the 1880s. English Heritage said these "often humble ...

Beauty is a ‘thing’ again, not least because of the release of the Building Better Building Beautiful Commission report. The gist of the response to this report is: 1) it’s great that the powers that ...

IF you haven’t bean out for a coffee for a wee while, this is the place for you. Victorian toilets have been turned into a trendy coffee shop — with the curved tops of the cleaned-up porcelain urinals ...

English Heritage said individually designed public urinals from this era were "increasingly rare" A rare Victorian public urinal has been listed by English Heritage for its "special historical ...

A rare Victorian public urinal has been listed by English Heritage for its "special historical interest". The Grade II public convenience, at the top of Whiteladies Road, in Clifton, is still in use ...