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Glasgow, Battlefield, 2-4 Falloch Road, Queen's Park Synagogue
Synagogue (20th Century)
Site Name Glasgow, Battlefield, 2-4 Falloch Road, Queen's Park Synagogue
Classification Synagogue (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Lochleven Road
Canmore ID 171846
Site Number NS56SE 1031
NGR NS 58116 61406
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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Interior. Entrance hall Detail of restoration board
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Interior. Entrance hall Detail of specimen doorway
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Interior. Detail of apse area
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Interior. Detail of ark and apse dome
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Interior. Detail of S side main hall window (Festival of Matzot)
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Interior. Detail of SE corner main hall window (Season of Freedom)
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Interior. Detail of W Diocletian window
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Interior. Close detail of S side main hall window (Giving of the Torah).
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Interior. Detail of gallery front (CN Only)
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Interior. Detail of N side main hall window (Day of Memorial)
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Interior. Detail of N side main hall window (Day of Judgement)
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Interior. View of pulpit and ark from W
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Interior. Detail of ark dome
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Interior. Detail of light fitting
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Interior. Detail of SE corner main hall window (Season of Freedom)
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Interior. Close detail of S side main hall window (Festival of Matzot)
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Interior. Detail of S side main hall window (First Fruits)
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Interior. Detail of S side main hall window (First Fruits)
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Interior. Detail of pulpit
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Interior. Detail of ark
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Detail of inscribed foundation stone " LOUIS DAETS, Esq; CONSECRATED 27th March, 1927.
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Interior. View of entrance hall from NW
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Interior. Detail of N gallery pews
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Interior. Detail of N side main hall window (Day of Atonement)
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Detail of inscribed foundation stone " LOUIS DAETS, Esq; CONSECRATED 27th March, 1927.
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Interior. Detail of NE corner main hall window (Spring Season)
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Interior. Detail of plaque to left of ark
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Interior. Detail of Apse dome
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- Council Glasgow, City Of
- Parish Cathcart (City Of Glasgow)
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District City Of Glasgow
- Former County Lanarkshire
Queen's Park Synagogue, 2-4 Falloch Road, 1924, Ninian Macwhannell
15th-century Venetian Romanesque, red-painted artificial stone, bright painted interior. A late work by a prolific architect.
Taken from "Greater Glasgow: An Illustrated Architectural Guide", by Sam Small, 2008. Published by the Rutland Press http://www.rias.org.uk
