{"id":28452,"date":"2020-12-01T16:08:54","date_gmt":"2020-12-01T16:08:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogsnew.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=28452"},"modified":"2020-12-01T15:58:18","modified_gmt":"2020-12-01T15:58:18","slug":"ihbc-features-heritage-from-the-doorstep-the-drama-as-wrexham-police-station-disappears-from-the-towns-skyline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=28452","title":{"rendered":"IHBC features \u2018Heritage from the doorstep\u2019: The drama as Wrexham police station disappears from the town’s skyline"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Wrexham\u2019s landmark police station building was brought down with explosives recently, after dominating the town’s skyline for more than 45 years, reports The Daily Post.<\/em><\/h3>\n

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…landmark police station tower has been demolished…<\/span><\/em><\/h2>\n

..a monument to brutalism…<\/span><\/em><\/h2>\n

… authority [Cadw] later decided the place was not worthy of being listed …<\/span><\/em><\/h2>\n

The Daily Post<\/em> writes:<\/p>\n

Wrexham’s landmark police station tower has been demolished after dominating the town’s skyline for more than 45 years.<\/p>\n

The building was brought down with explosives on Sunday morning to make way for a Lidl supermarket and coffee drive-thru.<\/p>\n

Project manager Gavin Nicolas, of Manchester-based Total Controlled Demolition Services, said the blowdown went “perfectly to plan”….<\/p>\n

\u201cNow we can begin the job of crushing and recycling the material on the ground.\u201d…<\/p>\n

A crowd of 80 to 100 people gathered at the former Groves School site to watch the building come tumbling down at just after 8.30am….<\/p>\n

\u201cThe explosion brought down the building to a level where our ground machinery can get to work dismantling the remaining structure,\u201d said Mr Nicolas.<\/p>\n

\u201cRubble will be processed and crushed on site.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe resulting material will be re-used on the site for the new building, or it may be carried away for use on road building or other projects.\u201d<\/p>\n

Anecdotal evidence suggests not many people will mourn the building’s passing, police officers included.<\/p>\n

In many ways it was an impressive structure – a monument to brutalism \u2013 and at one time it was considered for protection by Cadw.<\/p>\n

However the heritage authority later decided the place was not worthy of being listed for its architectural or historical merit.<\/p>\n

The police station was once named the ugliest in Britain – but it had become part of Wrexham\u2019s skyline and not many people believe a supermarket will be much of an improvement.<\/p>\n

This was reflected in a snap poll conducted by North Wales Live today which revealed divided loyalties: while 55% were prepared to bid good riddance, the rest were sad to see the building go and felt it could have been repurposed.<\/p>\n

Officers vacated the old North Wales Police base last year, …<\/p>\n

The 10-week demolition project is being filmed by the Discovery Channel for a programme due to be screened early next summer.<\/p>\n

Read more….<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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