Central Arcade is a Grade II listed building in the Wrexham local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 31 January 1994. Arcade. 1 related planning application.
Central Arcade
- WRENN ID
- south-beam-storm
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wrexham
- Constituency
- Wrexham MP: Andrew Ranger (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 31 January 1994
- Type
- Arcade
- Address
- Central Arcade, Rhosddu, LL11 1AG
- OS grid reference
- SJ 335 502
- Coordinates
- 53.04539, -2.99283
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
Central Arcade is a 19th-century building made of brick with terracotta details and a slate roof over the frontage. The frontage building has three storeys with attics and features a three-window range. The central entrance leads to the arcade, flanked by shops on either side. The original shop fronts are intact, with outer pilasters supporting brackets for a continuous fascia. The shop windows, which have slender iron glazing bars, are preserved in the right-hand unit. The upper storeys are divided by full-height pilasters that support a cornice over the upper storey. There are outer canted oriel windows above and central paired sash windows, with a pediment on brackets that is decorated with terracotta relief. All windows are two-pane sashes.
The attic features pedimented windows on either side of the central pediment, which displays the name "Wrexham Arcade" and the date in relief. Dutch gables are present on either side.
The narrow shops beside the arcade are faced in white brick. The shop fronts have been renewed within the original openings, and the beaded fascias remain. The tripartite windows in the upper rooms are mostly original and are separated by pilasters with heavy reeded console brackets. The glazed clerestory roof is supported by iron trusses.
Local climate
Central Arcade receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 59% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 92% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 70% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 3 transactions since 2006
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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