Synagogue

SALFORD

SD80SW BURY OLD ROAD 949-1/2/30 (North side) Synagogue

II

Synagogue. Dated on foundation stones 1928-29. White ashlar facing, pink brick with stone dressings to side and rear. Hipped Welsh slate roof with central lantern. Modern Neo-classical style. Main body of synagogue to E with Ark in elevation to Old Bury Road and entrance in SE elevation. Offices, hall and staircase block of less height to W. EXTERIOR: galleried main body of synagogue expressed as 2 storeys, the SE elevation of 5 bays with high rusticated plinth and stripped down Corinthian pilasters. Facade further articulated by full-height moulded panels to windows, which are round-arched in upper storey. Simply detailed cornice above. Entrance to left in projecting bay: paired doors beneath entablature carried on console brackets. Opposing elevation similarly fenestrated, but plainer: pink brick with stone dressings and no decorative detail. Elevation to Bury Old Road has advanced central bay, from which the segmentally planned and domed Ark projects. Above it a tripartite window with entablature, and windows with entablatures above each side. Lions' head decoration in cornice of ark. Each side of advanced central bay, lower domed blocks house entrances in side elevations, with plain, narrow tripartite windows over. Hall and office range towards west pink brick with stone dressings. Paired doors alongside main entrance, and central paired doors in recessed central bay of SW elevation. This is flanked by tripartite windows in the outer bays, lighting stairway, the central light segmentally arched to top and bottom. INTERIOR: the main body of the synagogue retains its original fittings. Oak seating to ground floor and galleries on three sides; marble Bimah with copper rails and light fittings; marble dais with copper rails, and curved sliding doors to ark.

Listing NGR: SD8368401954