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Portsmouth and Southsea Synagogue in Porthsmouth
Object Detail

Building Date
1936

Synagogue active dates

Reconstruction Dates

Architect/ Maker

Community

Location
United Kingdom | England | South | Porthsmouth
| The Thicket, Elm Grove, Southsea

Style
Unknown|

Material/Technique

Construction Material
Brick

Summary and Remarks
Torah Ark from White's Row syn

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

Ark from the White's Row Portsea Synagogue; duhan and furnishings from 1930s; clock; stained glass.


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. 101-102.

Short Name
Full Name
Volume
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Biography

Photographer
Photograph Date
5.2017

Remarks

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