Eskdale Terrace, Jesmond Synagogue

Eskdale Terrace, Jesmond Synagogue

HER Number
9894
District
Newcastle
Site Name
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
20TH CENTURY
Specific Period
Early 20th Century 1901 to 1932
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
425230
Northing
565720
Grid Reference
NZ425230565720
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