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Numbers 38 and 39 and Attached Walls and Piers

A Grade II Listed Building in Brighton and Hove, The City of Brighton and Hove

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Coordinates

Latitude: 50.8213 / 50°49'16"N

Longitude: -0.131 / 0°7'51"W

OS Eastings: 531745

OS Northings: 104083

OS Grid: TQ317040

Mapcode National: GBR JP4.HP2

Mapcode Global: FRA B6MX.LSY

Plus Code: 9C2XRVC9+GJ

Entry Name: Numbers 38 and 39 and Attached Walls and Piers

Listing Date: 20 August 1971

Last Amended: 26 August 1999

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1380432

English Heritage Legacy ID: 480561

ID on this website: 101380432

Location: Brighton, Brighton and Hove, West Sussex, BN2

County: The City of Brighton and Hove

Electoral Ward/Division: Queen's Park

Parish: Non Civil Parish

Built-Up Area: Brighton and Hove

Traditional County: Sussex

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): East Sussex

Church of England Parish: Kemp Town St Mary the Virgin

Church of England Diocese: Chichester

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Description



BRIGHTON

TQ3104SE DEVONSHIRE PLACE
577-1/41/188 (East side)
20/08/71 Nos.38 AND 39
and attached walls and piers
(Formerly Listed as:
DEVONSHIRE PLACE
Nos 37 & 37A, Nos 38 & 39)

GV II

Synagogue, now gymnasium. c1825. Built as a synagogue, along
with Nos 37 and 37A (qv), and enlarged as a residence and
school room in 1837 by David Mocatta. Stucco. Roof obscured by
pediment.
3 storeys over basement. 4-window range. First- through
third-window ranges treated as a porticoed bay: giant Tuscan
pilasters rise from ground floor of banded rustication to
second-floor entablature; pediment above. Traces of an
inscription identifying the building as a synagogue still
visible on frieze of entablature. Entrance under the centre
bay of the portico is round arched with fanlight; this set in
plain aedicule which projects slightly from the front wall
plane. To either side is a segmental pointed-arch window. Bay
to right of portico has first-floor sill band and plain
entablature above. All windows are flat arched, those to the
second floor have projecting sills.
INTERIOR: not inspected. Walls and piers to stairs and area.
The synagogue was built to accommodate 50 people.
(Carder T: The Encyclopaedia of Brighton: Lewes: 1990-: 167H).


Listing NGR: TQ3174504083

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