The Singers Hill Synagogue, officially the Birmingham Hebrew Congregation, is an Orthodox Jewish congregation and synagogue, located at 26, 26A and 26B Blucher Street, in the Birmingham city centre, in the West Midlands of England, in the United Kingdom. The congregation dates from 1780 and worshiped in the Ashkenazi rite.
| Singers Hill Synagogue | |
|---|---|
 Singers Hill Synagogue in 2002 | |
| Religion | |
| Affiliation | Orthodox Judaism |
| Rite | Nusach Ashkenaz |
| Ecclesiastical or organisational status | Synagogue |
| Leadership | Rabbi Yossi Jacobs |
| Status | Active |
| Location | |
| Location | 26, 26A and 26B Blucher Street, Birmingham, West Midlands, England, B1 1HL |
| Country | United Kingdom |
  Location of the synagogue in the West Midlands | |
| Geographic coordinates | 52°28′32″N 1°54′13″W / 52.4755°N 1.9037°W |
| Architecture | |
| Architect(s) | Yeoville Thomason |
| Type | Synagogue architecture |
| Style | |
| Date established | 1780 (as a congregation) |
| Completed | 1856 |
| Materials | Red brick |
| Website | |
| birminghamsynagogue | |
Listed Building – Grade II* | |
| Official name | The Synagogue |
| Type | Listed building |
| Designated |
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| Reference no. | 1075712 |
| [1][2] | |
The synagogue building was listed as a Grade II* building in 1970.[2]
History
editThe forebears of the congregation commenced in 1780 when the community's first synagogue was completed in an area at the time known as The Froggery. The congregation subsequently moved to a synagogue in Hurst Street in 1791; and the Severn Street Synagogue, which survives as a masonic hall, was completed in 1809; and remodelled in 1827, following a fire.[1] The fourth and current synagogue building was completed in 1856, designed by Yeoville Thomason.[3]
The 1856 building features "a Norman-wheel window in a building design in red and yellow brick, which combined Classical Revival, Romanesque Revival, and Italianate details, and used a classical basilica plan, with a central Bimah".[4][5]
The stained glass windows were commissioned from Hardman Studios in 1956-1963, in a process overseen by the former chairman of the Synagogue's council, Joseph Cohen.[6][7]
See also
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References
edit- ^ a b Shulman, David (18 April 2024). "Birmingham Hebrew Congregation". Jewish Communities and Records - UK. JewishGen and the Jewish Genealogical Society of Great Britain. Retrieved 4 May 2024.
- ^ a b Historic England. "The Synagogue (1075712)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 4 May 2024.
- ^ "Jewish Birmingham". Birmingham City Council.
- ^ "Architecture". Singers Hills Congregation. Archived from the original on 16 June 2006. Retrieved 17 May 2006.
- ^ "360 degree internal views". BBC.
- ^ The Stained Glass Windows. Birmingham Hebrew Congregation. 1963.
- ^ "Looking at Buildings". Pevsner Architectural Guides. Archived from the original on 5 January 2005.
External links
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