MINES RESCUE STATION;FIRE BRIGADE HQ, MAESGWYN ROAD, WREXHAM
Site Details
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NPRN 96153
Map Reference SJ35SW
Grid Reference SJ3281250743
Unitary (Local) Authority Wrexham
Old County Denbighshire
Community Offa
Type of Site RESCUE CENTRE
Broad Class HEALTH AND WELFARE, INDUSTRIAL
Period 20th Century, Modern
Site 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.
