Former Western Synagogue, Linden House
FORMER WESTERN SYNAGOGUE, LINDEN HOUSE, 1, CONVENT LANE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1283079
- Date first listed:
- 24-Jan-1989
- List Entry Name:
- Former Western Synagogue, Linden House
- Statutory Address:
- FORMER WESTERN SYNAGOGUE, LINDEN HOUSE, 1, CONVENT LANE
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1283079
- Date first listed:
- 24-Jan-1989
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 30-Jan-2009
- List Entry Name:
- Former Western Synagogue, Linden House
- Statutory Address 1:
- FORMER WESTERN SYNAGOGUE, LINDEN HOUSE, 1, CONVENT LANE
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- FORMER WESTERN SYNAGOGUE, LINDEN HOUSE, 1, CONVENT LANE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- City of Kingston upon Hull (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- TA 08499 28579
Details
KINGSTON UPON HULL
680-1/20/235 CONVENT LANE 24-JAN-1989 1 FORMER WESTERN SYNAGOGUE, LINDEN HOUSE (Formerly listed as: LINNAEUS STREET WESTERN SYNAGOGUE)
II
Synagogue. 1902. By BS Jacobs. Red brick with terracotta dressings and slate roof. Plinth, moulded eaves, coped west gable with arched corbel table and eaves cornice. Western entrance front has a central single-storey porch with a pair of doorways with round-headed terracotta arches on columns.Above, a shallow gable with arched corbel table and eaves cornice, framing an open book with Hebrew inscription. Above and behind, in the main gable, a 5-light window with round-headed lights and terracotta shafts and moulded hoods.Above it, a blind circular opening containing a Star of David.On either side, a 2-storey canted projection with canted hipped roof. each has a 3-light round-headed lancet with terracotta shafts and arches, flanked by single lancets in the angles. Beyond, further 3-light lancets, one of those to the right altered. Below, a pair of windows with continuous sill band. Plain returns have 5 pairs of round-headed windows. INTERIOR has all its original fittings including wooden seating and side galleries supported on iron columns.
Listing NGR: TA0849928579
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 387656
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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