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Merthyr Synagogue

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The congregation, which had been dwindling, rededicated the synagogue in 1955. In the 1980s, the synagogue was closed and the building was sold and became the Merthyr Christian Centre. In 2006 the former synagogue was in use as a gymnasium. It came out of use in 2004. In 2008 there was a plan to
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calls a "double-turreted Gothic folly" of a building. Kadish considers the Merthyr Synagogue to be "architecturally speaking one of the most important synagogues in the UK." The building is four storeys high, five when the raised basement is counted. It is crowned by a high
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and the largest town in Wales. The new congregation called itself the "Merthyr Tydfil Hebrew Congregation", and erected its first synagogue in 1852–1855 in John Street. That first building was demolished in the 1990s.
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The 1855 building was replaced by the prosperous congregation with the surviving synagogue building in 1877. The congregation had 27 head-of-household members in 1900. The 2011 census recorded four.
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In 2019 it was bought by the Foundation for Jewish Heritage and is planned to open as a Jewish Heritage Centre in 2025. Essential repairs were undertaken in 2021, part funded by
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It was designed by a local architect named Charles Taylor. The design was influenced by contemporary buildings such as
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The Jewish congregation of Merthyr was established in 1848 at a time when Merthyr Tydfil was a centre of the
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convert the building into eight residential apartments whilst preserving the exterior of this building.
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In 1978 the building was given Grade II* listing, changed to Grade II in 1983.
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Unable to be located on the Heritage Wales (CADW) website as of April 2024.
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has been moved into the raised basement where it was being preserved.
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and is the oldest purpose-built synagogue in existence in Wales.
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Grade II listed buildings in Merthyr Tydfil County Borough
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Affiliation
Judaism
Ecclesiastical or organisational status
Synagogue
Merthyr Tydfil
Wales
United Kingdom
Merthyr Synagogue is located in Wales
Wales
Geographic coordinates
51°44′49″N 3°22′28″W / 51.7469°N 3.37447°W / 51.7469; -3.37447
Architect(s)
Synagogue architecture
Style
Gothic Revival
Materials
jewishheritage.wales
Listed Building
Jewish
synagogue
Merthyr Tydfil
Wales
Grade II listed building
Industrial Revolution
Cadw
Gothic Revival
Llanelli
Pontypridd
Sharman Kadish

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