Description

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MANCHESTER
SJ89SW OLD LANSDOWNE ROAD, Barlow Moor
698-1/8/505 (East side)
05/10/88 Synagogue
(Formerly Listed as:
QUEENSTON ROAD, West Didsbury
(East side) Synagogue)

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Synagogue. 1925-6, by Delissa Joseph, under the supervision of Joseph Sunlight. Red brick with some Portland stone dressings (roof concealed) .Rectangular plan with projecting wings and porch. Two storeys, symmetrical; a centra1; porch of white stone, with pilasters, cornice and parapet, and recessed doorway with geometrical overlight, flanked by large rectangular 2-storey wings (stair turrets) each of which has a raised centre panel with a white stone doorway at ground floor, a round-headed window with radiating glazing bars and margin panes at 1st floor, and a brick cornice and parapet with upstands; and similar windows in the return sides. A lower 2-storey narthex links these 3 elements to the main vessel, which has pilastered 3-bay side walls with 3 windows on each floor of each bay, those to the upper floor arranged in Venetian form. Interior (as inspected in 1988): narthex with entrance vestibule flanked by cloakrooms and stairs; impressive main vessel with Ionic columns rising through galleries and supporting an entablature which returns to form an arch over the Ark; polished white marble steps and parapet to Ark, and tebah (or reading desk) of the same material; Austrian oak furnishings. Fine example of a synagogue of this period.

Listing NGR: SJ8409091915

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26538700

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Recommended Books

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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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  Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East: Norwich and North-east v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Nottinghamshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)