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