Site Record

NPRN96153

Map ReferenceSJ35SW

Grid ReferenceSJ3281250743

Unitary (Local) AuthorityWrexham

Old CountyDenbighshire

CommunityOffa

Type Of SiteRESCUE CENTRE

PeriodModern, 20th Century

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Description

Mines Rescue Station, established by the North Wales Coal Owners Association in 1913. The station is a complex of buildings with a fine facade in orange and grey brick to Maesgwyn Road. A semi-circular terracotta panel over a doorway carries the inscription NORTH WALES COAL OWNERS ASSOCIATION in art-nouveau lettering. The centre closed in the 1980s.
B.A.Malaws, RCAHMW, 23 August 2010.

Resources

DownloadTypeSourceDescriptionapplication/pdfAAP_057 - Aeon Archaeology ProjectsReport of a Historic Building Survey of Miners’ Rescue Centre, 3-5 Maesgwyn Road, Wrexham, carried out by Aeon Archaeology in May 2022. Report no: 0347. Project Code: A0365.1.