Metadata: Leazes Park Road Synagogue Plan
Collection
- Country:
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
- Holding institution:
- Tyne and Wear Archives
- Holding institution (official language):
- Tyne and Wear Archives
- Postal address:
- Tyne and Wear Archives, Discovery Museum, Blandford Square, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 4JA
- Phone number:
- 44(0)191 2772248
- Web address:
- https://twarchives.org.uk/
- Reference number:
- MD.NC/BC/plan/T186/18195
- Title:
- Leazes Park Road Synagogue Plan
- Title (official language):
- Leazes Park Road Synagogue Plan
- Creator/accumulator:
- Newcastle City Council
- Date(s):
- 1898/1923
- Language:
- English
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Type of material:
- Cartographic material
- Physical condition:
- Good
- Scope and content:
- This collection consists of a plan showing alterations to the Leazes Park Rd Synagogue, 10 August 1898. It also shows alterations to 1923.
- Archival history:
- Transferred to the holding institution as part of a regular document transfer process stipulated by national archival regulations.
- Administrative/biographical history:
- Leazes Park Synagogue was formerly an Orthodox Jewish congregation and synagogue, formed in 1880. It worshipped in the Ashkenazi rite until it was dissolved in 1978. It was designed by Scottish architect John Johnstone in the North Italian Style, featuring an elaborate two-story sandstone facade. It has been a Grade II listed building since 1987.
- Access points: locations:
- Newcastle upon Tyne
- Subject terms:
- Synagogues
- Yerusha Network member:
- Tyne and Wear Archives
- Author of the description:
- Karen Johnston and Daniel Stoker; North East Museums; 2025
