Central Synagogue

The Central Synagogue (Independent Chapel) in Manchester was built ca 1840. This brick building in the Neo-Classical style now serves as an office.

About this building

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Key Features

  • Architecture

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Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue

The Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue in Manchester was completed in 1874 and is an example of Victorian architecture in Moorish style. The beautiful stained glass windows are especially notable. It is the oldest surviving synagogue building in Manchester, and is now the Manchester Jewish Museum

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St Mary

The Roman Catholic Church sought to tackle Manchester's deepest troubled area which lay between Deansgate and Albert Square. A church was built in 1794 in Mulberry Street on a site crowded in by intensive poor quality housing on land which had so recently been open meadow and grazing pasture.