Wikipedia's first sentence called it “grade ii* listed building comprising 26”. Today it says “orthodox jewish congregation and synagogue”.
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Singers Hill Synagogue , is an Orthodox Jewish synagogue in Birmingham , England . The synagogue is a Grade II* listed building , comprising 26, 26A and 26B Blucher Street in the city centre . Built in 1856, it was designed by Yeoville Thomason . It replaced the Greek Revival , 1827 Severn Street Synagogue , which survives as a Masonic Hall , and was the fourth synagogue building to be erected in the city. It features "a Norman - wheel window in a building design in red and yellow brick, which combined neo-classical , Romanesque , and Italianate details, and used a classical basilica plan, with a central Bimah ". The stained glass windows were commissioned from Hardman Studios in 1956-1963, in a process overseen by the former chairman of the Synagogue's council, Joseph Cohen .1
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Built in 1856, it was designed by Yeoville Thomason . It replaced the Greek Revival , 1827 Severn Street Synagogue , which survives as a Masonic Hall, and was the fourth synagogue building to be erected in the city. It features "a Norman-wheel window in a building design in red and yellow brick, which combined neo-classical, romanesque, and Italianate details, and used a classical basilica plan, with a central Bimah (reading desk)" [1] .
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Built in 1856, it was designed by Yeoville Thomason . It replaced the Greek Revival , 1827 Severn Street Synagogue , which survives as a Masonic Hall , and was the fourth synagogue building to be erected in the city.
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The Birmingham Hebrew Congregation , commonly known as the Singers Hill Synagogue , is an Orthodox Jewish synagogue in Birmingham , England .The synagogue is a Grade II* listed building , comprising 26, 26A and 26B Blucher Street in central Birmingham. Built in 1856, it was designed by Yeoville Thomason . It replaced the Greek Revival , 1827 Severn Street Synagogue , which survives as a Masonic Hall , and was the fourth synagogue building to be erected in the city. It features "a Norman - wheel window in a building design in red and yellow brick, which combined neo-classical , Romanesque , and Italianate details, and used a classical basilica plan, with a central Bimah ".
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Orthodox synagogue in Birmingham, England The Singers Hill Synagogue , officially the Birmingham Hebrew Congregation , is an Orthodox Jewish congregation and synagogue , located at 26, 26A and 26B Blucher Street, in the Birmingham city centre , in the West Midlands of England , in the United Kingdom.The congregation dates from 1780 and worshiped in the Ashkenazi rite .The synagogue building was listed as a Grade II* building in 1970.Jewish Communities and Records - UK .National Heritage List for England .
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grade ii* listed building comprising 26
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orthodox jewish congregation and synagogue
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