Description

NOTTINGHAM

SK5740SW SHAKESPEARE STREET
646-1/14/549 (North side)
12/07/72 Synagogue and attached area railings
(Formerly Listed as:
SHAKESPEARE STREET
Synagogue)

GV II

Wesleyan Reform chapel, now synagogue and attached railings.
1854. By T Simpson. Converted c1950. Stucco with hipped slate
roof. Classical Revival style.
EXTERIOR: sill band and string course. Bays divided by giant
Corinthian pilasters. 2 storeys plus basement; 3 x 7 bays,
plus rear addition. Tall round-arched windows.
Street front has a projecting centre with 4 fluted Corinthian
pilasters supporting a dentillated cornice and pediment. Small
flat-headed central window flanked by doors, and above, 3
windows. Left return has 7 windows. To the rear, a flat roofed
addition with double doors and 3 windows.
INTERIOR: plastered, largely unaltered. Dentillated cornice to
cross beam ceiling with guilloche enrichment. Similar
enrichment to window heads. All-round oval gallery on
cast-iron Corinthian columns with elaborately moulded front
and guilloche and vine trail bands. Clock at the rear.
At the front, a granite and marble tabernacle, resited, with
fluted pilasters and inscribed tablets under a segmental
pediment. Niches with seats on each side, and beyond, renewed
doors in C19 pedimented surrounds.
Fittings include original panelled benches throughout.
Remaining fittings mid C20.
Memorials include 2 marble and slate war memorial tablets.
Outside, across the front, 4 square panelled piers with
cornice caps, with 2 wrought-iron gates and railing.
Wrought-iron area railing to left return, with ashlar plinth.
(The Buildings of England: Pevsner N: Nottinghamshire: London:
1979-: 238).

Listing NGR: SK5706440406

This List entry has been amended to add sources for War Memorials Online and the War Memorials Register. These sources were not used in the compilation of this List entry but are added here as a guide for further reading, 30 October 2017.

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Shakespeare Street Wesleyan Reform Chapel at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q7462817

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Recommended Books

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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Derbyshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Huddersfield in 50 Buildings
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  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)
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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings