Save Grove Park Girls' School, Wrexham

This beautiful building with sweeping staircase & cloisters should not be demolished but restored.

Keep the facade.

It would be criminal to demolish such a building, I particularly remember the lovely marble staircase .

This is a fight on two fronts. Firstly, it is to save an historic building that makes a significant contribution to enhancing the appearance and character of our town (as opposed to the growth in soulless, modern structures that portray Wrexham as a cheap, 'chav' town). And secondly, it is to show the council that it is out of touch with the vast majority of the electorate in Wrexham. A town's appearance and character is a reflection of the intellect and imagination of it's elected council and so I guess that is why so many of us are no longer proud to be associated with a town we once loved. The situation is not irreversible, but to re-establish Wrexham as a leading town in North Wales and the Marches, we need our council to come to it's senses. Preserving the future of the former Grove Park Girls' School building would be a great start.

Sounds like the same scenario that Wrexham Council gave about the old Market Hall about keeping the fascade, then proceeded to knock that down too, Wrexham Council have no idea how to keep any of their older buildings no one there cares that Wrexham has no history anymore and I am sure that £900k has not been spent on keeping it, maybe some of that was used in the knocking down of the old gym. It is just an excuse so that they can put up social housing nothing more!

i am signing this petition for myself and mr Harry Smith ,address.pingo house trevalyn rossett . mr smiths wife was a pupil at the groves school wrexham

This is part of Wrexham's heritage, I went to this school and its a travesty to think that such a beautiful building with so many memories should be demolished

Please save this building...convert it into flats or something but DO NOT knock it down

Wrexham council out of touch with local people. All the council want is social housing there.

That's what most of the voters in Wrexham think

Time for Miss Copland's girls to unite

This building is one of the few of distinction in the town, it deserves to be recognised and retained unlike some of the latest constructions built by recent council decisions….. which are ugly and unlikely to last a fraction of time, the baths, law courts buildings and police station to name but a few. Some time ago city status was under debate in the town, what on earth would be a reason for considering that in the town when every building of historical and cultural significance seems to be given a death wish by certain council persons……..

Save this building, its not just bricks and mortar. For God sake WCBC planning "experts"

This school could of been put to better use had the council done something sooner Is there something that the council is not telling the public and are their excuses for demolition just a cover ?.

Wrexham has enough featureless so called modern buildings so I urge the council not to demolish this wonderful building

please don't demolish beautiful building, listen to the people for once and not your bank balances, for the amount that the council have made out of this historic building over the years of so called looking after it, should set them up for a good few years. I went to this school, I loved the building and it has moulded me into the person I am today and my mum had to pass exams to get in to it many years ago, but she was always proud of it, she also worked there for many years, unfortunately she passed away in dec 2015, so saving this school is more than just a building its part of my family, as all my brothers and sisters went there too. Please save this stunning building.

Wrexham is losing so many of its beautiful buildings and they are being replaced by eye-sores. The heart is being ripped out of the town. It is a disgrace.

Such a beautiful building should Be saved otherwise it runs the Risk of being replaced by another tin shed.

Very sad to hear the news about the demolition. Unfortunately, it makes no difference to the powers that be in Wrexham Council (we need a drastic change of council leaders-have done so for many years as they they have no regard for what this means for so many people in Wrexham (I went to the Grove Park-across the road but I will still be sad to see 'Bromfield' disappear forever). The powers that be are too complacent as they have no real challenge to their positions-we need councillors who care about our heritage-I don't care which party they come from. Another piece of Wrexham that will soon be gone. Wrexham today is not the Wrexham I grew up in. It's a sad fact that there are more people in Wrexham who speak Polish than speak Welsh (nothing against the Polish-I've met quite a few and only have positive things to say about them) but the 'Wrexham culture' is being eroded away at an alarming pace.

ex student when St Davids moved to the Groves. The Marbel staircase alone should jut save the building. Rent rooms out for classes, shows and events in hall and council will soon get money back from it Wrexham will soon have nothing old and interesting