Only a few steps from the embarkation gangway on Rothesay Pier, Isle of Bute, lies an impressive, late Victorian, public convenience .
Restored in 1990's this unusual tourist attraction is both curious and functional (for men anyway).
"Fourteen urinals stand like sentinels along two walls, another six surround a central stand - each a white enamel alcove topped with the legend "Twyfords Ltd. Cliffe Vale Potteries, Hanley" and crowned with imitation dark green St Anne marble.
Three glass sided cisterns feed water to the the urinals through shining copper pipes. Nine WC cubicles with plain panelled doors complete the layout. Apart from the cisterns in the cubicles all the original fitments remain as supplied in 1899 by Twyfords Ltd. Glasgow for £530." - from the official website
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