Granville Street Memorial, with associated low level wrought iron railings, Witton Old Jewish Cemetery

Granville Street Memorial, with associated low level wrought iron railings, Witton Old Jewish Cemetery, The Ridgeway

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Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1393644
Date first listed:: 28-Jan-2010
List Entry Name:: Granville Street Memorial, with associated low level wrought iron railings, Witton Old Jewish Cemetery
Statutory Address:: Granville Street Memorial, with associated low level wrought iron railings, Witton Old Jewish Cemetery, The Ridgeway

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1393644
Date first listed:: 28-Jan-2010
List Entry Name:: Granville Street Memorial, with associated low level wrought iron railings, Witton Old Jewish Cemetery
Statutory Address 1:: Granville Street Memorial, with associated low level wrought iron railings, Witton Old Jewish Cemetery, The Ridgeway

This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

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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.

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This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

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.

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Location

Statutory Address:: Granville Street Memorial, with associated low level wrought iron railings, Witton Old Jewish Cemetery, The Ridgeway

The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

District:: Birmingham (Metropolitan Authority)
Parish:: Non Civil Parish
National Grid Reference:: SP 08174 92814

Reasons for Designation

Granville Street Memorial is designated at Grade II, for the following principal reasons: * Historical Interest: It is an eloquent witness to members of the Jewish community who were re-interred at Witton Old Jewish Cemetery following the closure of Granville Street Cemetery * Craftsman: Of note is the competent design and craftsmanship of this chamfered granite memorial * Group Value: It has group value with the Jewish section of Witton Cemetery, a Grade II Registered Park and Garden

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THE RIDGEWAY Granville Street Memorial, with associated low level wrought iron railings, Witton Old Jewish Cemetery 28-JAN-10 II The Granville Street Memorial is located to the north-east part of Witton Old Jewish Cemetery, which is contiguous with the municipal Witton Cemetery. The granite obelisk, which was erected in 1876, consists of four sections. It has a low square base supporting a square plinth surmounted by a tall, two tier, shaft with a pyramidal cap. To the west face of the base of the shaft is the inscription:

THIS MONUMENT/MARKS THE PLACE WHERE/THE BODIES REMOVED FROM/THE JEWISH CEMETERY NEAR/GRANVILLE STREET/WERE RE-INTERRED IN/5636-1876

To the west face of the stone plinth is a Hebrew inscription which is an acronym for "May his/her soul be bound up in the bond of life".

HISTORY: the cemetery at Granville Street was opened in circa 1766, and was the second Jewish cemetery in Birmingham. It closed in circa 1825 due to railway development and in 1876 some of the bodies were removed to Witton Old Jewish Cemetery. The Granville Street Memorial was erected to commemorate the re-interment of these remains.

SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: The memorial is enclosed by low level wrought iron railings.

Legacy

The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.

Legacy System number:: 504958
Legacy System:: LBS

Sources

Books and journals
Kadish, S, Jewish Heritage in England, an Architectural Guide, (2006), 122-3

Legal

This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.