Former Bersham Colliery Baths, Canteen and Offices is a Grade II listed building in the Wrexham local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 7 October 1994. Station.
Former Bersham Colliery Baths, Canteen and Offices
- WRENN ID
- tangled-jamb-torch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wrexham
- Constituency
- Montgomeryshire and Glyndwr MP: Steve Witherden (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 7 October 1994
- Type
- Station
- Address
- Former Bersham Colliery Baths, Canteen and Offices, Rhostyllen, Esclusham
- OS grid reference
- SJ 314 480
- Coordinates
- 53.02577, -3.02378
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The former Bersham Colliery Baths, Canteen and Offices is a significant building that reflects the architectural style and character of post-war baths. Constructed of brick with shuttered concrete roofs and glazed rooflights, it has an irregular 'L' shape and consists of one to three storeys. The westernmost section is a single-storey former canteen featuring large windows that overlook the yard. Adjacent to this was the medical centre. Connecting to the central plenum tower are the showers and lockers, arranged in a single-storey range with a blank wall facing the yard and raised rooflights.
The central part of the building is highlighted by a three-storey plenum tower, which is fronted by continuous mullioned windows. This tower provided hot air for the drying lockers and contained the main staircase leading to the two-storey office section to the northeast. A canopy extends in front of the offices, offering covered access between the pit-head and the baths; this canopy remains partly intact, with some sections reduced to columns only. The northernmost single-storey section also features the canopy, along with clerestory windows above and a rooflight made of glass bricks.
The building has been repurposed into offices, a café, and enterprise workshops. Many original features are still present, including the central wall that separates the showers from the lockers and the tiled dados.
Local climate
Former Bersham Colliery Baths, Canteen and Offices 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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