Singers Hill Synagogue in Birmingham
Object Detail
Building Date
1855-1856
Synagogue active dates
Reconstruction Dates
Architect/ Maker
Thomason, Yeoville (architect)
Weedon, Harry W. (architect)
Feeny P. A. (stained glass maker)
Taunton, D. B. (stained glass maker)
(Unknown)
Weedon, Harry W. (architect)
Feeny P. A. (stained glass maker)
Taunton, D. B. (stained glass maker)
(Unknown)
Location
Material/Technique
Construction Material
Brick
Summary and Remarks
Suggested Reconsdivuction
History/Provenance
Condition
Present Usage
Synagogue
Present Usage Details
Historical significance: Event/Period
Historical significance: Collective Memory/Folklore
Historical significance: Person
Architectural Significance: Style
Architectural Significance: Artistic Decoration
Mahagony ark; semicircular marble dukhan decorated with mosaic; bimah from the Osborne Street Synagogue in Hull (1903); stained glass (1856); gas lamps (converted to electricity).
Urban significance
Part of Jewish quarter
Significance Rating
3 (National)
Condition of Building Fabric
A (Good)
Bibliography
Sharman Kadish, Jewish Heritage in Britain and Ireland: an Architectural Guide (London, 2015), p.142-5.
Short Name
Full Name
Volume
Page
Biography
Photograph Copyright
Roger W Haworth [GFDL, CC-BY-SA-3.0 or CC BY 2.5], from Wikimedia Commons
Photographer
Unknown
Photograph Date
2006
Remarks
0 Coordinates: 52.475662, -1.903650