This is my favourite building in Wrexham. I used to go here alot as a kid and I was always really in love with the shape of the building.
The shape of the roof reminds me of a diver in mid-air or the shape of a swimmers arms as they swim butterfly stroke.
A long time on and the building is still amazing, just a bit older and more dog-eared in places.
Wrexham baths were described on their opening in 1970 as "hyperbolic, parabolic and diabolic". The building required a £4.1m overhaul in 1997, but is now a locally admired landmark.
The building has a hyperbolic paraboloid roof , of which, it is said, that there are only two in Europe.
I am yet to discover who the architect was who designed the building.
Wrexham's first proper swimming baths were on Tuttle Street. Many local people have fond memories of the baths. They were ahead of their time environmentally because the town's incinerator created the heat to keep the water warm.
Wrexham's first proper swimming baths were on Tuttle Street. Many local people have fond memories of the baths. They were ahead of their time environmentally because the town's incinerator created the heat to keep the water warm.
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