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Central Arcade, Wrexham
The Central Arcade, historically known as the Hope Street Arcade or Wrexham Arcade, is a shopping arcade in Wrexham city centre, Wales. Connecting Wrexham's Hope Street to the Butcher's Market, it was built in 1891. Description The building is Grade II listed, designed by A. C. Baugh, and built in 1891 and connects the Butcher's Market to Hope Street. The building's exterior is covered in red brick, with terracotta dressings and a frontage slate roof, and a glazed glass roof along the arcade. The frontage building to the arcade is three-storeys with attics and a three-window range. The central entrance to the arcade is flanked eitherside by shops. The frontage's façade contains pedimented attic windows present either side of a central pediment, containing dutch gables either side and the wording "Wrexham Arcade" in relief. Internally, the arcade shop fronts are of white brickwork, with the shop fronts renewed from their originals, including their beaded fascias. There ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wrexham Butcher's Market
The Butchers' Market () is an indoor market in Wrexham city centre, Wales. It is situated inside a Grade II listed building on Wrexham's High Street. Built in 1848 to the Neo-Jacobean designs of Thomas Penson and extended in 1879–80, it is one of the two dedicated indoor markets of Wrexham. The indoor market has since suffered from declining visitor numbers over the last few years, as a result Wrexham County Borough Council re-developed the indoor market between 2023–24, with it reopening in November 2024. Description The building is Grade II listed. It was designed by Thomas Penson, in an Neo-Jacobean, Neo-Jacobean style. The building's main exterior fronts Wrexham's High Street, with a coursed and squared yellow sandstone façade, described by Edward Hubbard (architectural historian), Edward Hubbard as a "unmistakeable and cheeful Jacobean style". The entrance also has a bell above it, which marked the end of trading hours each day. An earlier drawing of the building di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wrexham
Wrexham ( ; ) is a city status in the United Kingdom, city in the North East Wales, north-east of Wales. It lies between the Cambrian Mountains, Welsh mountains and the lower River Dee, Wales, Dee Valley, near the England–Wales border, border with Cheshire in England. Historically in the county of Denbighshire (historic), Denbighshire, it became part of the new county of Clwyd in 1974. It has been the principal settlement and administrative centre of Wrexham County Borough since 1996. At the 2021 United Kingdom census, 2021 census, the built up area had a population of 44,785, and the wider county borough, which also includes surrounding villages and rural areas, had a population of 135,117. Wrexham was awarded city status in 2022. Wrexham was likely founded before the 11th century and developed in the Middle Ages as a regional centre for trade and administration. Wrexham has historically been one of the primary settlements of Wales, and was the largest settlement in Wales fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wrexham City Centre
Wrexham city centre is the administrative, cultural and historic city centre of Wrexham, in North Wales and is the area enclosed by the inner ring road of the city. It is the largest shopping area in north and mid Wales, and the administrative centre of Wrexham County Borough. Many of its streets are pedestrianised. Definition and geography Wrexham County Borough Council defined a "Wrexham Town Centre" (prior to city status) in their "Town Centre Masterplan" as most of the retail areas adjacent either side or surrounded by a loop of roadways and railways in the centre of the city. This inner city loop roughly comprises Regent Street, Grosvenor Road, Powell Road, Bodhyfryd, Farndon Street, part of Smithfield Road, Eagles Meadow, Salop Road, St Giles Way, Bridge Street (adjacent road), Brook Street, Pentrefelin, Watery Road, and the Shrewsbury–Chester line railway line between Croesnewydd Level Crossing and Wrexham General railway station, before connecting back to Regent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Butcher's Market, Wrexham
The Butchers' Market () is an indoor market in Wrexham city centre, Wales. It is situated inside a Grade II listed building on Wrexham's High Street. Built in 1848 to the Neo-Jacobean designs of Thomas Penson and extended in 1879–80, it is one of the two dedicated indoor markets of Wrexham. The indoor market has since suffered from declining visitor numbers over the last few years, as a result Wrexham County Borough Council re-developed the indoor market between 2023–24, with it reopening in November 2024. Description The building is Grade II listed. It was designed by Thomas Penson, in an Neo-Jacobean style. The building's main exterior fronts Wrexham's High Street, with a coursed and squared yellow sandstone façade, described by Edward Hubbard as a "unmistakeable and cheeful Jacobean style". The entrance also has a bell above it, which marked the end of trading hours each day. An earlier drawing of the building differed from the final design. The windows in the side ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Central Arcade, Wrexham - Facade
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