Former Synagogue

The former synagogue, originally a Methodist chapel, is now a retail warehouse located on Cheetham Hill Road in Manchester. Built around 1840, the building has been altered internally. It features a rectangular plan on a corner site and is designed in a classical style. The structure has two storeys over a basement, with a single-storey, three-bay facade that is symmetrical. The center of the facade projects forward and is topped with a pediment. It includes a plinth, pilasters, an entablature with a cornice, and a high parapet.

The projected center has corner pilasters and a giant round-headed arch that contains a square-headed doorway, which is approached by a broad flight of steps. The doorway features a moulded architrave and cornice on consoles, flanked by narrow side-lights, with a plain semicircular window above. The outer bays have tall round-headed windows with radiating glazing bars. The left return wall, which faces Park Street, has giant pilasters and five windows on each floor; the ground floor windows have been altered, while the first-floor windows retain small-paned glazing. The interior has also been altered.