Chatham Memorial Synagogue in Rochester
Object Detail
Building Date
1865-1870
Synagogue active dates
Reconstruction Dates
1997; 2002
Material/Technique
Construction Material
Stone
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
Tracery; Minton tile floor; patterned brickwork; carved clustered columns by Caudy and Gibbs; ark; bimah cast metalwork ballustrade; metalwork of the duhan and the gallery front; gasoliers by Defries; stained glass.
Urban significance
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. 82-84.
Short Name
Full Name
Volume
Page
Biography
Photograph Copyright
Center for Jewish Art
Photographer
Unknown
Photograph Date
Remarks
0 Coordinates: 51.383137, 0.515097