We were in the area weighing up a few things so had a quick visit to here a few weeks ago
Visited with @Donny. and a non member.
As you can see its trashed.
Some bloke woke up in the caravan and told us to fuck off whilst we were on our way out.
Due to the Liverpool Echo’s campaign of ‘Stop the rot’. Where they highlight any buildings at risk in the area to try and get them renovated or converted etc Greenbank looks set to be converted into apartments.
http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news...ynagogue-converted-luxury-apartments-13242142
History
Greenbank synagogue was built in 1936 to a design by architect Alfred Ernest Shennan and consecrated on August 15,1937. It became a refuge for homeless families in the Blitz. This historic city synagogue which tclosed after 70 years has been saved for future generations.
The building on Greenbank Drive, Sefton Park, shut for good on January 8 after its congregation dwindled to fewer than 40, with only one service being held a week but its survival is now assured after its listed building status was upgraded to Grade II*, putting it on a par with Croxteth Hall and the Cunard and Port of Liverpool buildings.
English Heritage agreed the change after a plan emerged to convert the concrete, steel and brick building into apartments. The organisation’s report described the synagogue as “one of the finest art deco synagogues in the country”. It added: “It has an important socio-historic significance as an inter-war synagogue of 1936-7 that represents one of the last free cultural expressions of European Jewry before the Holocaust.”
The upgrading from grade II to II* status puts the former synagogue in the top 5% of all listed buildings in the country. Cllr Berni Turner, executive member for heritage, said: “This upgrading reflects the wide range of important and diverse buildings we have in the city and the fact we have a unique collection of places of worship for people of all faiths".
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Visited with @Donny. and a non member.
As you can see its trashed.
Some bloke woke up in the caravan and told us to fuck off whilst we were on our way out.
Due to the Liverpool Echo’s campaign of ‘Stop the rot’. Where they highlight any buildings at risk in the area to try and get them renovated or converted etc Greenbank looks set to be converted into apartments.
http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news...ynagogue-converted-luxury-apartments-13242142
History
Greenbank synagogue was built in 1936 to a design by architect Alfred Ernest Shennan and consecrated on August 15,1937. It became a refuge for homeless families in the Blitz. This historic city synagogue which tclosed after 70 years has been saved for future generations.
The building on Greenbank Drive, Sefton Park, shut for good on January 8 after its congregation dwindled to fewer than 40, with only one service being held a week but its survival is now assured after its listed building status was upgraded to Grade II*, putting it on a par with Croxteth Hall and the Cunard and Port of Liverpool buildings.
English Heritage agreed the change after a plan emerged to convert the concrete, steel and brick building into apartments. The organisation’s report described the synagogue as “one of the finest art deco synagogues in the country”. It added: “It has an important socio-historic significance as an inter-war synagogue of 1936-7 that represents one of the last free cultural expressions of European Jewry before the Holocaust.”
The upgrading from grade II to II* status puts the former synagogue in the top 5% of all listed buildings in the country. Cllr Berni Turner, executive member for heritage, said: “This upgrading reflects the wide range of important and diverse buildings we have in the city and the fact we have a unique collection of places of worship for people of all faiths".
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