Synagogue in Penzance
Object Detail
Building Date
1807
Synagogue active dates
until 1906
Reconstruction Dates
Architect/ Maker
Unknown (Unknown)
Material/Technique
Construction Material
Brick
Summary and Remarks
chapel from 1906
Suggested Reconsdivuction
History/Provenance
This building replaced an earlier synagogue of 1768.
Interior removed in the 1980s.
Condition
Present Usage
Art center
Present Usage Details
gallery
Historical significance: Event/Period
Historical significance: Collective Memory/Folklore
Historical significance: Person
Architectural Significance: Style
Architectural Significance: Artistic Decoration
Urban significance
Significance Rating
2 (Regional)
Condition of Building Fabric
A (Good)
Bibliography
Sharman Kadish, Jewish Heritage in Britain and Ireland: an Architectural Guide (London, 2015), p. 117.
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0 Coordinates: 50.118755, -5.535724