Description

SX9192NE MARY ARCHES STREET
(North side)
871/2/452 Synagogue Place
29.1.53
Synagogue

GV II*

Synagogue. Built 1764. Rendered over local stone rubble; slate double hipped roof with central lantern. Exterior: 2 storey, 3 window stucco front to street, rusticated ground floor. Greek Doric columns to entrance reveals, framing mid C19 double-leaf panelled door with decorative overlight. INTERIOR: Internal lobby with moulded cornice, panelled doors in moulded architraves; caretaker's quarters to right include mid Cl8 stair with turned balusters. Planned with same layout as that at Plymouth but for half the number of people. Large coved cornice, ladies gallery (with bookrests fixed by hinges to gallery front) supported on painted columns, the panelled front surmounted by a screen of brass railings. Raised reading desk with candelabra and similar screen. Pews incorporate tilting bookrests for standing use above the scrolled armrests, a unique design. The Ark is similar to that at Plymouth but with scrolled pediment above the Decalogue, bearing witness to the use of travelling joiners copying architectural detail.
An outstanding example of a Georgian synagogue, one of the most complete in the country.

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Exeter Synagogue at Wikipedia
• Exeter Synagogue official website
• Wikidata Q5420133

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Recommended Books

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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6
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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)