Image gallery

A series of photographs taken in summer 2018 to record the building, its spaces and its details.

  • Commemorative stone set into the building to record the names of the architects, Peter Cummings and Eric Levy. Source: Richard Brook
  • View from west side of sanctuary towards bimah. Source: Richard Brook
  • View of bimah from centre of sanctuary. Source: Richard Brook
  • View westward from within the sanctuary. Source: Richard Brook
  • Straight view of bimah and ark from centre of sanctuary. Source: Richard Brook
  • Oblique view of bimah and ark from the east. Source: Richard Brook
  • View from east side of gallery across sanctuary. Source: Richard Brook
  • View from east side of gallery across sanctuary. Source: Richard Brook
  • View from the centre of the gallery towards bimah. Source: Richard Brook
  • View from west side of gallery across sanctuary. Source: Richard Brook
  • Lower ground floor lobby. Source: Richard Brook
  • Community hall on lower ground floor.Source: Richard Brook
  • Plaques to commemorate the consecration of the synagogue and the centenary of the congregation. Source: Richard Brook
  • Plaque to commemorate the 'sacred memory of the sons of the Manchester congregation of British Jews who lost their lives in the defence of their country and all that stood dear to them'. Source: Richard Brook
  • Plaques mounted in the lobby of Jacksons Row to commemorate the opening, the contribution of Frederick Lister to the construction and to remember Hyman Winstone. Source: Richard Brook
  • 'On March 11th 1857 the foundation stone of the original synagogue of this congregation was laid at Park Place Cheetham by Horatio L. Michollis the president and consecrated by the Rev Dr Schiller-Szinessy. The congregation worshipped there until the building was destroyed by enemy action on June 1st 1941'
  • Foundation stone, laid by members of the building committee. Albert Isaacs, Alexander Levy and Frederick Lister. Source: Richard Brook
  • Original painted type in sans serif font. Source: Richard Brook
  • Terrazzo, timber and brass balustrade of the western staircase. Source: Richard Brook
  • Glassblock windows illuminate the staircases. Source: Richard Brook
  • Original painted sign in sans serif font and arrow. Source: Richard Brook
  • Brass handles on the doors from the lobby into the sanctuary. Source: Richard Brook
  • The number 21 embedded in a pew. Source: Richard Brook
  • The Lionel Blundell Room of Prayer. Blundell was instrumental in the financial and legal aspects of getting Jacksons Row synagogue built. Source: Richard Brook
  • Plaque to commemorate Frederick Lister's contribution to the congregation. Source: Richard Brook
  • The solid timber candlestick on which a menorah is mounted. One stands on each side of the bimah. Source: Richard Brook
  • A menorah symbol cast in the gates to the ark. Source: Richard Brook
  • Original switch fitting on the ark. Source: Richard Brook
  • Banks of pews in the gallery. Source: Richard Brook
  • Period lightfitting in the side extension (1962). Source: Richard Brook
  • The interior of a kitchen cupboard. Source: Richard Brook
  • Bespoke tiled ‘MEAT’ in the kitchen. Source: Richard Brook
  • The number 23 mounted onto a door. Source: Richard Brook

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