Singers Hill Synagogue
Singers Hill Synagogue | |
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Religion | |
Affiliation | Orthodox Judaism |
Rite | Nusach Ashkenaz |
Ecclesiastical or organisational status | Synagogue |
Leadership | Rabbi Yossi Jacobs |
Status | Active |
Location | |
Location | 26, 26A and 26B Blucher Street, Birmingham, West Midlands, England, B1 1HL |
Country | United Kingdom |
Location of the synagogue in the West Midlands | |
Geographic coordinates | 52°28′32″N 1°54′13″W / 52.4755°N 1.9037°W |
Architecture | |
Architect(s) | Yeoville Thomason |
Type | Synagogue architecture |
Style | |
Date established | 1780 (as a congregation) |
Completed | 1856 |
Materials | Red brick |
Website | |
birminghamsynagogue | |
Listed Building – Grade II* | |
Official name | The Synagogue |
Type | Listed building |
Designated |
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Reference no. | 1075712 |
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The Singers Hill Synagogue, officially the Birmingham Hebrew Congregation, is an Orthodox Jewish congregation and synagogue, located at 26, 26A and 26B Blucher Street, in the Birmingham city centre, in the West Midlands of England, in the United Kingdom. The congregation dates from 1780 and worshiped in the Ashkenazi rite.
The synagogue building was listed as a Grade II* building in 1970.[2]
History[edit]
The forebears of the congregation commenced in 1780 when the community's first synagogue was completed in an area at the time known as The Froggery. The congregation subsequently moved to a synagogue in Hurst Street in 1791; and the Severn Street Synagogue, which survives as a masonic hall, was completed in 1809; and remodelled in 1827, following a fire.[1] The fourth and current synagogue building was completed in 1856, designed by Yeoville Thomason.[3]
The 1856 building features "a Norman-wheel window in a building design in red and yellow brick, which combined Classical Revival, Romanesque Revival, and Italianate details, and used a classical basilica plan, with a central Bimah".[4][5]
The stained glass windows were commissioned from Hardman Studios in 1956-1963, in a process overseen by the former chairman of the Synagogue's council, Joseph Cohen.[6][7]
See also[edit]
- History of the Jews in England
- List of Jewish communities in the United Kingdom
- List of synagogues in the United Kingdom
References[edit]
- ^ a b Shulman, David (18 April 2024). "Birmingham Hebrew Congregation". Jewish Communities and Records - UK. JewishGen and the Jewish Genealogical Society of Great Britain. Retrieved 4 May 2024.
- ^ a b Historic England. "The Synagogue (1075712)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 4 May 2024.
- ^ "Jewish Birmingham". Birmingham City Council.
- ^ "Architecture". Singers Hills Congregation. Archived from the original on 16 June 2006. Retrieved 17 May 2006.
- ^ "360 degree internal views". BBC.
- ^ The Stained Glass Windows. Birmingham Hebrew Congregation. 1963.
- ^ "Looking at Buildings". Pevsner Architectural Guides. Archived from the original on 5 January 2005.
External links[edit]
(in height order)
- Sutton Coldfield mast
- BT Tower
- 10 Holloway Circus
- Chamberlain Clock Tower
- Alpha Tower
- Orion Building
- Sentinels
- Rotunda
- 103 Colmore Row
- The Cube
- Hyatt
- Centre City Tower
- Two Snowhill
- One Snow Hill Plaza
- Quayside Tower
- Colmore Gate
- McLaren Building
- Metropolitan House
- Edgbaston House
- The Colmore Building
- Jury's Inn
- Lloyd House
- Aston Library
- Baskerville House
- Central Police Station
- Chamberlain Clock
- Chamberlain Memorial
- Council House
- Edgbaston Waterworks
- Energy from Waste Plant
- Hall of Memory
- Library of Birmingham
- Moseley Road Baths
- Municipal Bank
- Town Hall
- Town Hall (Sutton Coldfield)
- Birmingham Wildlife Conservation Park
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- Adam & Eve
- Anchor Inn
- Antelope
- Bartons Arms
- Black Horse
- Brookhill Tavern
- Crown (closed)
- Crown Inn
- Fighting Cocks, Moseley
- Fox and Grapes (demolished)
- Golden Eagle (demolished)
- Lad in the Lane
- Old Crown
- Queen's Arms
- Red Lion (Handsworth; closed)
- Woodman
- 1–7 Constitution Hill
- 17 & 19 Newhall Street
- Arena Birmingham
- Ashford & Son
- Assay Office
- Birmingham Banking Company
- Birmingham Crematorium
- Bromford Viaduct
- Castle Bromwich Assembly
- Chinese Pagoda
- Fort Dunlop
- Gas Retort House
- Gas Street Studios
- Great Western Arcade
- Holliday Street Aqueduct
- ICC
- Millennium Point
- New Street Signal Box
- Perrott's Folly
- Perry Bridge
- Prison
- Proof House
- Ringway Centre
- Roundhouse
- Saracen's Head
- Selfridges
- St James's House
- Victoria Square House
- Victoria Law Courts
- Victoria Works
- Woodcock Street Baths
- Aston Hippodrome
- Birmingham Manor House
- Bishop's House
- Bishop Ryder Church
- Bordesley Hall
- Central Goods railway station
- Central Library
- Christ Church
- Church of the Messiah
- The Crescent
- The Exchange
- Five Ways Tower
- Fox Hollies Hall
- Heathfield Hall
- Highfield
- Island House
- St James the Less' Church
- Langley Hall
- Market Hall
- St Mary's, Whittall St.
- Metchley Fort
- Pebble Mill Studios
- Post & Mail Building
- Public Office
- Union Workhouse
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