Synagogue is a Grade II* listed building in the Cheltenham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 May 1972. Synagogue.

Synagogue

WRENN ID: roaming-granite-sedge
Grade: II*
Local Planning Authority: Cheltenham
Country: England
Date first listed: 5 May 1972
Type: Synagogue
Source: Historic England listing

Description

CHELTENHAM

SO9422SE ST JAMES'S SQUARE 630-1/13/840 (South side (off)) 05/05/72 Synagogue

GV II*

Synagogue. 1837-9. By WH Knight. Builder, Mr Hastings. Classical stucco facade with Roman Doric pilasters forming a vestigial terastyle portico with entablature and pediment. EXTERIOR: central entrance has double doors with Doric pilasters and dentil entablature; single elliptically-arched window over with eared architrave on feet and with keystone. Top lighting for the interior in the form of a glass dome. INTERIOR: entirely unaltered with grained woodwork. Fittings taken from a demolished synagogue in Leadenhall Street, London. An outstanding example of a small provincial English synagogue. (Blake S: Cheltenham's Churches and Chapels AD 773-1883: Cheltenham: 1979-: 32; Sladen T: Notes: 1995-).

Listing NGR: SO9455022420

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