Jesmond, Eskdale Terrace, Jesmond Synagogue

HER Number:
9894

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Jesmond, Eskdale Terrace, Jesmond Synagogue

Place:
Jesmond

Map Sheet:
NZ26NE

Class:
Religious Ritual and Funerary

Site Type: Broad:
Place of Worship

Site Type: Specific:
Synagogue

General Period:
Modern

Specific Period:
C20

Form of Evidence:
Extant Building

Description:
Now Central New High School for Girls. This former Jewish Synagogue is an exceptional building which fits well with the streetscape of Eskdale Terrace in Jesmond. There are identical structures of this red brick old Synagogue in London and Sunderland. The impressive colourful Hebrew façade was designed by Newcastle Jewish architect Marcus Kenneth Glass in the period 1914-15. The building possesses an excellent stain glass window with a Star of David design, and is complemented with rounded sandstone arches around and below it on the ground floor. LOCAL LIST

Easting:
2523

Northing:
6572

Grid Reference:
NZ25236572

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Newcastle City Council, 2006, Local List of Buildings, Structures, Parks, Gardens and Open Spaces of Special Local Architectural or Historic Interest Supplementary Planning Document; Sharman Kadish, 2006, Jewish Heritage in England - Architectural Guide, page 187; The Journal, 3 April 1965, page 3 "Golden Jubilee for Synagogue"; Grace McCombie, 2009, Newcastle and Gateshead - Pevsner Architectural Guide, p. 29; Alan Morgan, 2010, Jesmond from mines to mansions, page 43; www.jewishgen.org