1970s toilet block, 'Greyhound Toilets', Harlow Town Park (EHER 82869)

A brick and concrete toilet block, probably constructed to accommodate the increase in visitor numbers attending concerts in the park after the construction of the bandstand (EHER 82867). They were probably built in 1973 or shortly after.

July 2014. Building recording. The proximity of the Greyhound toilets to the bandstand (EHER 82867) suggests they were constructed to accommodate the increase in visitor numbers attending concerts in the park, either in 1973 at the same time as the bandstand was built or shortly after. The toilets (named for the nearby public house which dates to at least 1810, EHER 31722) occupy a low ridge on the south side of the car park. The toilets are constructed from brick and concrete and have an inverted roof designed to funnel rainwater to an integrated rainwater pipe at the east end of the building. The west end of the structure has a projecting canopy supported on two different sized concrete piers, between which is a concrete bench. An area of hard-standing in front of the toilets has a tactile surface formed from granite setts and rounded cobbles, possibly an intentional reflection of the Pets Corner duck pond (see EHER 82866). <1>