Description

SW8032NE
843-1/7/187

FALMOUTH
SMITHICK HILL
The Old Jewish Synagogue

01/10/75

II

Former synagogue, later commercial premises, now a house. 1808. Red brick with blue headers and granite quoins to road-frontage end, otherwise rendered; round arches to principal elevations; asbestos slate hipped roof. Rectangular plan. Road front has two original large hornless sashes with spoked fanlight heads and small panes; central oculus over; later doorway under right-hand window sill. Three similar original sashes to right-hand return. Two later windows high up to left-hand return; porch at far left.

INTERIOR not inspected.

HISTORY: the Jewish community settled in Falmouth in 1740 and had their first synagogue on Fish Strand Quay. They moved to this site in 1808 and the building remained in use as a synagogue until 1879. An early and historically significant example of an English synagogue, remarkably similar in style to contemporary non-conformist chapels.

Listing NGR: SW8081432764

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Falmouth Synagogue at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q5432597

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Recommended Books

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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Leeds, Bradford and the North (Pevsner Architectural Guides / Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2