It’s not often that I go to Westbourne Grove, but whenever I do, I like and admire Piers Gough‘s public lavatories in the middle of the street, still as smart and urbane as when they first opened in 1993, commissioned by the local residents who didn’t like what was proposed by the Council, with glazed bricks by Shaws of Darwen. It only cost £190,000:-
| Charles | Saumarez | Smith | 
How right you are : they are a fine example of a good architect being backed by a local authority. If only more local Councils had the imagination and good sense to follow this example !
That’s a strange thing, our local loo. So many things have been demolished or “priced out” that it’s become almost a landmark
It IS a landmark, and a good one, too.
Piers was at prep school with me : he was a goalkeeper. It’s been a great pleasure to see his career blossom so.
A great man ! Charles