Greenbank Drive Synagogue
Former Orthodox synagogue in Liverpool, England / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Greenbank Drive Synagogue, officially the Liverpool New Hebrew Congregation, is a former Orthodox Jewish congregation and synagogue that was located on Greenbank Drive, in the Sefton Park area of Liverpool, England, in the United Kingdom. The congregation, formed through a merger of two congregations that date from 1838, worshiped in the Ashkenazi rite.
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Greenbank Drive Synagogue | |
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Religion | |
Affiliation | Orthodox Judaism (former) |
Rite | Nusach Ashkenaz |
Ecclesiastical or organisational status | Synagogue (1936–2008) |
Status | Closed (2008) |
Location | |
Location | Greenbank Drive, Sefton Park, Liverpool, England L17 1AN |
Country | United Kingdom |
Location of the former synagogue in Liverpool | |
Geographic coordinates | 53°23′22″N 2°55′45″W |
Architecture | |
Type | Synagogue architecture |
Style | Art Deco |
Date established | 1936 (merged congregation)
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Completed | 1937 |
Listed Building – Grade II* | |
Official name | Greenbank Drive Synagogue |
Type | Listed building |
Designated | 11 May 1983 |
Reference no. | 1298791 |
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The former synagogue building was completed in 1937 and was listed as a Grade II* building in 1983.[2] The building has been described as the most important 20th-century synagogue in England in terms of architecture, as well as the finest surviving architectural example of a synagogue from the interwar period.[citation needed]