Greenbank Synagogue
This place has been very well covered in the past, with plenty of reports on here but thought I'd chuck mine up on here because why not! Visited with @dansgas1000 as usual...
I won't go too much into detail, as I say this place has been very well reported in the past. Greenbank Synagogue was constructed in 1936, with the foundation stone being laid on the 14th June 1936. It was designed by architect Alfred Ernest Shennan (1887-1959)
The synagogue was consecrated and opened to the public by Prof Henry Cohen, 1st Baron Cohen of Birkenhead who was a member of the congregation on August 15,1937. The building suffered a fire in May 1959 which was started by a burglar, this resulted in the roof being damaged and a few pieces being destroyed. The building was repaired at a cost of around £50,000 and re-consecrated in 1961. It suffered another smaller fire in 1965 but this didn’t cause as near as much damage as the 1959 fire.
The synagogue closed on the 5th January 2008. The building was also listed to Grade II* around this time. In 2017, approval was granted to convert the building to apartments, but obviously nothing has come of it yet.
There are fresh boards and new looking cameras around the site, but it was still just a walk in as one of the boards covering the main door had already been removed. I believe the cameras were working because just as we were then leaving, a police car turned down the dead-end side street besides the building and the coppers got out and headed towards the building.
We didn’t spend too long inside. About halfway through our time in there, a load of local kids came in and started chucking stuff about and making a load of noise, so we decided to leave it and go on to the next place. Very glad I managed to see this one though, it's one of those urbex classics. The lighting was harsh that day, so I tried my best with the photos, overall, they came out ok...
The foundation stone
View of the main foyer
Nice paint peel.
The beautiful glass remains surprisingly
Lovely light fixture
Upstairs to the top row.
This place has been very well covered in the past, with plenty of reports on here but thought I'd chuck mine up on here because why not! Visited with @dansgas1000 as usual...
I won't go too much into detail, as I say this place has been very well reported in the past. Greenbank Synagogue was constructed in 1936, with the foundation stone being laid on the 14th June 1936. It was designed by architect Alfred Ernest Shennan (1887-1959)
The synagogue was consecrated and opened to the public by Prof Henry Cohen, 1st Baron Cohen of Birkenhead who was a member of the congregation on August 15,1937. The building suffered a fire in May 1959 which was started by a burglar, this resulted in the roof being damaged and a few pieces being destroyed. The building was repaired at a cost of around £50,000 and re-consecrated in 1961. It suffered another smaller fire in 1965 but this didn’t cause as near as much damage as the 1959 fire.
The synagogue closed on the 5th January 2008. The building was also listed to Grade II* around this time. In 2017, approval was granted to convert the building to apartments, but obviously nothing has come of it yet.
There are fresh boards and new looking cameras around the site, but it was still just a walk in as one of the boards covering the main door had already been removed. I believe the cameras were working because just as we were then leaving, a police car turned down the dead-end side street besides the building and the coppers got out and headed towards the building.
We didn’t spend too long inside. About halfway through our time in there, a load of local kids came in and started chucking stuff about and making a load of noise, so we decided to leave it and go on to the next place. Very glad I managed to see this one though, it's one of those urbex classics. The lighting was harsh that day, so I tried my best with the photos, overall, they came out ok...
The foundation stone
View of the main foyer
Nice paint peel.
The beautiful glass remains surprisingly
Lovely light fixture
Upstairs to the top row.
. Which is why it surprises me that it's still going and not as bad as it could have been.
