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{{Short description|Shopping arcade in Wrexham, Wales}}
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{{Infobox shopping mall
| name = Central Arcade
| native_name = 
| image = Wrexham Central Arcade.jpg
| caption = The arcade, looking towards the [[Wrexham Butcher's Market]]
| location = Hope Street, [[Wrexham]], Wales
| coordinates = {{coord|53.045376|-2.992828|display=inline, title}}
| opening_date = 1891
| previous_names = Hope Street Arcade<br />Wrexham Arcade
| architect = A. C. Baugh
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| designation1 = UK Grade II
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| designation1_date = 31 January 1994
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|access-date=5 May 2023|grade=II|date=31 January 1994}}</ref>
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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, Wrexham|Butcher's Market]], it was built in 1891.

== Description ==
[[File:Central Arcade, Wrexham - facade.jpg|thumb|right|The arcade’s façade above its main entrance on Hope Street]]
The building is [[Grade II]] listed,<ref name="Wrexham.com">{{Cite web |title=New and improved signage installed at town's Grade II listed shopping arcade |url=https://www.wrexham.com/news/new-and-improved-signage-installed-at-towns-grade-ii-listed-shopping-arcade-139682.html |access-date=2023-05-05 |website=Wrexham.com |language=en}}</ref> designed by A. C. Baugh, and built in 1891<ref name="Coflein">{{Coflein|num=406222|desc=The Perfume Shop, Hope Street, 58, Wrexham|access-date=5 May 2023}}</ref> and connects the Butcher's Market to Hope Street.<ref>{{Cite journal |title=Wrexham Town Centre - Conservation Area Character Assessment and Management Plan |url=https://www.yourvoicewrexham.com/uploadedfiles/Town%20Centre%20Conservation%20Area%20Management%20Plan.pdf |journal=[[Wrexham County Borough Council]] |pages=14}}</ref><ref name="Cadw CTLARC" /><ref name="buildingsofwrexham.co.uk-2013">{{Cite web |date=2013 |title=Central Arcade |url=https://www.buildingsofwrexham.co.uk/hope-street/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190406222500/https://www.buildingsofwrexham.co.uk/hope-street/ |archive-date=6 April 2019 |access-date=5 May 2023 |website=buildingsofwrexham.co.uk}}</ref>

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.<ref name="Coflein" /><ref name="Cadw CTLARC" /><ref name="buildingsofwrexham.co.uk-2013" /><ref name="Edwards-2020">{{Cite web |last=Edwards |first=Annette |date=July 2020 |title=Central Arcade Wrexham 1890 - 1900 |url=https://www.wrexham-history.com/central-arcade-wrexham-1890-1900/ |website=wrexham-history.com}}</ref>

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.<ref name="Coflein" /><ref name="Cadw CTLARC" /><ref name="Edwards-2020" />

Internally, the arcade shop fronts are of white brickwork, with the shop fronts renewed from their originals, including their beaded fascias. There are tripartite windows to the upper storeys, also preserved originals, separated by pilasters containing heavy reeded console brackets. There are iron trusses to the glazed clerestory roof.<ref name="Coflein" /><ref name="Cadw CTLARC" /><ref name="Edwards-2020" />

The building originally housed eighteen shops, although in the 1930s the arcade's interior was refurbished and some of the shops were removed to construct a side entrance for a [[Woolworths Group (United Kingdom)|Woolworths]] shop, which has since been rebuilt, and the new side entrance was later blocked.<ref name="buildingsofwrexham.co.uk-2013"/>

Since its opening, the arcade housed various businesses included, a camera shop, jeweller, watchmaker, confectioner, patisserie, shoe repair, draper, hairdresser, travel agent, Christian book shop, and clothing shops.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2020-11-24 |title=Wrexham Central Arcade: A Retrospective (part two) |url=https://www.love-wrexham.com/2020/11/24/wrexham-central-arcade-a-retrospective-2/ |access-date=2023-05-05 |website=Love Wrexham Magazine |language=en-GB}}</ref>

== History ==
The first plan for a shopping arcade between Hope Street and the Butcher's Market was made in the ''Wrexham Advertiser'' in August 1890.<ref name="Edwards-2020" /><ref name="Love Wrexham Magazine-2020">{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2020-10-19 |title=Wrexham Central Arcade: A Retrospective |url=https://www.love-wrexham.com/2020/10/19/wrexham-central-arcade-a-retrospective/ |access-date=2023-05-05 |website=Love Wrexham Magazine |language=en-GB}}</ref> To follow through the initial plans, 58 Hope Street, owned by draper Charles Davies, would need demolishing. Davies supported the development of an arcade, with Davies reaching an agreement with the Wrexham Market Hall Company to construct the arcade.<ref name="Edwards-2020" /><ref name="Love Wrexham Magazine-2020" />

The Wrexham Arcade Company was formed to support the plans, and the arcade was initially known as the "Hope Street Arcade". The arcade offered high in demand trading space following disruption on other parts of the town centre from the construction of the [[Wrexham and Ellesmere Railway]]. In January 1891, the company held its first general share-holder meeting, with A. C. Baugh presenting the first designs for the building as its architect, and the meeting's secretary stated the arcade had received multiple applications for shops.<ref name="Edwards-2020" /><ref name="Love Wrexham Magazine-2020" /> In the meeting, Geo. Bevan, the secretary, stated the plans had been presented to the town council, and that they were approved.<ref name="Love Wrexham Magazine-2020" />

58 Hope Street, owned by Charles Davies, was given up on 17 January 1891, and was later demolished to make way for the arcade.<ref name="Edwards-2020" />

The building was designated as a [[Grade II]] listed building on 31 January 1994, due to the retention of the original 19th century architecture.<ref name="Wrexham.com" /><ref name="Coflein" /><ref name="auto"/>

On 1 November 2017, the Hope Street entrance to the arcade received new signage.<ref name="Wrexham.com" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Historic Central Arcade gets new signage – "Wrexham History" |url=https://www.wrexham-history.com/central-arcade-new-signage/ |access-date=2023-05-05 |language=en-GB}}</ref>

In May 2019, the arcade was covered in hanging coloured paper globes, as part of an artwork called "Wrexham, Look Up!!".<ref>{{Cite web |title="Wrexham, Look Up!" – New art installation brightens up town's Central Arcade |url=https://www.wrexham.com/news/wrexham-look-up-new-art-installation-brightens-up-towns-central-arcade-167405.html |access-date=2023-05-05 |website=Wrexham.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title='Amazing', 'Brilliant' ... the stunning globes bringing colour and joy to Wrexham's Central Arcade |url=https://www.leaderlive.co.uk/news/17610427.coloured-paper-globes-bringing-joy-wrexhams-central-arcade/ |access-date=2023-05-05 |website=The Leader |language=en}}</ref>

In February 2023, the arcade underwent refurbishment works, as part of a wider regeneration of the city centre [[Conservation area (United Kingdom)|conservation area]], using funding from the Wrexham Townscape Heritage Scheme and the [[National Lottery Heritage Fund]]. The refurbishment aimed to enable space on the ground floor to be used for commercial purposes, while the upper floors were converted into three 2-bed apartments.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Renovation of historic city centre building underway |url=https://www.wrexham.com/news/renovation-of-historic-city-centre-building-underway-230356.html |access-date=2023-05-05 |website=Wrexham.com |language=en}}</ref> The frontage building had been vacant since 2018.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Work underway to give Wrexham city centre building "a new lease of life" |url=https://www.leaderlive.co.uk/news/23256920.wrexham-plans-give-building-new-lease-life-city-centre/ |access-date=2023-05-05 |website=The Leader |language=en}}</ref>

==References==
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== Further reading ==

* [https://cadwpublic-api.azurewebsites.net/reports/listedbuilding/FullReport?lang=en&id=1843 Cadw] – For a full architectural description
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[[Category:Buildings and structures in Wrexham]]
[[Category:Grade II listed buildings in Wrexham County Borough]]
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