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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] |