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St Saviour's Church, Thornthwaite

St Saviour's Church is the parish church of Thornthwaite, a village in North Yorkshire, in England. Thornthwaite long lay in the parish of St Thomas a Becket's Church, Hampsthwaite. A chapel of ease was built in the village by 1409. A replacement was constructed on the same site in 1810. It was refurbished in 1893, when a porch and bellcote were added. Nikolaus Pevsner describes it as a "little single cell in open country". The building was grade II listed in 1987. The church is built of gritstone with a stone slate roof. It consists of a nave and a chancel in one cell, and a west porch, and on the west gable is a gabled bellcote. At the west end are three two-light windows, an eaves band and a semicircular recess above. The other windows have pointed heads and Y-tracery. See also Listed buildings in Thornthwaite with Padside References
St John's Church, Easingwold

St John's Church is a Catholic parish church in Easingwold, a town in North Yorkshire, in England. Catholic missions were established at Crayke and Oulston in the early 19th century, but in 1827 both were closed, and a new mission established in Easingwold. A presbytery was built in 1830, and a church was completed in 1833. It was designed by Joseph Hansom, and is his earliest known work. In 1870, the church was altered as a school was built adjoining it, to a design by Hadfield & Sons. At the same time, a new altar was installed, to a design by Joseph Stanislaus Hansom. In the 1880s, the building was heightened and the roof rebuilt, and a porch was added. The church was grade II listed in 1994. The building was restored in 2015, with a lady chapel being added, a new stone altar installed, and the gallery reduced in size. The church is built of stone with a slate roof. It consists of a single cell with a west porch, and is in the Gothic Revival style. The porch has buttresses, and a coped gable with kneelers and a cross finial. The doorway has a pointed arch with a chamfered surround and a hood mould. On the west gable is a bellcote with a pointed arch, and the windows are lancets. Inside the church is a wooden west gallery, a wooden panelled roof, and late 19th century pews which were installed in 1934. See also Listed buildings in Easingwold References External links Official website
Porchester Hall

The Porchester Centre is a Grade II* listed building at the junction of Queensway and Porchester Road in Bayswater, London W2. History It was built in 1923–25 by the local architect Herbert Shepherd, and was originally called Porchester Hall. In 1927–29, it was extended by Shepherd and H. A. Thomerson, adding Victorian-style Turkish baths, a library and assembly rooms. English Heritage note that, "The Turkish baths complex is now exceptionally rare, and is thought to be the best surviving example, whilst the hall is an unusually rich example of its date." Performance venue Several notable pop music acts have performed there, including Ed Sheeran, The Feeling, Arcade Fire, Cat Stevens, Snow Patrol, Hawkwind, Above & Beyond, Texas, The Who, Pink Floyd, Van Morrison, Kylie Minogue, Amy Winehouse and Beverley Knight. The "Mr. Creosote" sketch from Monty Python's The Meaning of Life was filmed here in summer 1982. During the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s the venue was home to the annual Porchester Hall Drag Balls. References
Porchester Hall

Porchester Centre, vaker aangeduid als Porchester Hall, is een concertzaal in Bayswater, City of Westminster (Londen). Geschiedenis Porchester Centre is ontworpen door architect Herbert Shepherd en droeg oorspronkelijk de naam Porchester Hall. Porchester Centre werd gebouwd in de periode 1923–1925. Eind jaren twintig van de 20e eeuw (1927–1929) breidden Shepherd en collega H.A. Thomerson het gebouw uit met hamams uit Turkije. In 1982 werd de beroemde Mr. Creosote-sketch uit de film Monty Python's The Meaning of Life van Monty Python opgenomen in Porchester Hall. In november 2015 trad Electric Light Orchestra op in Porchester Centre. Ook andere befaamde artiesten of bands zoals Ed Sheeran, The Feeling, Arcade Fire, Cat Stevens, Snow Patrol, Hawkwind, Above & Beyond, Texas, The Who, Pink Floyd, Van Morrison, Kylie Minogue, Amy Winehouse en Beverley Knight hebben opgetreden in Porchester Centre. Porchester Centre wordt geëxploiteerd als een concertgebouw en als balzaal. Porchester Centre staat sinds 2019 op de lijst met Brits architecturaal erfgoed.
St Joseph's Church, Hartlepool

St Joseph's Church is a Roman Catholic Parish church in Hartlepool, County Durham, England. It was built from 1893 to 1895 and designed by Edward Joseph Hansom, Archibald Matthias Dunn and W. Ellison Fenwicke in the Gothic Revival style. It is located on the corner of Hutton Avenue and St Paul's Road close to the centre of Hartlepool. It is a Grade II listed building. It is also close to an Anglican Church called St Paul's Church. History Foundation During the Reformation, the local Catholics worshipped in the Hardwick Hall. In 1834 the first Catholic church was built in Hartlepool, it was St Mary's Chapel in Headland. With the local Catholic population growing, in 1851 the chapel was replaced by St Mary's Church, then known as St Hilda's (not to be confused with the Church Of England St Hilda's). In 1867, a mission was started from St Mary's Church in the town centre. It was named the St Joseph's Mission. The mission was in various buildings around the town centre and fundraising was done for a new church. Construction On 9 August 1893, the foundation stone of St Joseph's church was laid. Less than two years later, on 5 February 1895, the church was opened. It cost £13,000 with a capacity of 1000 people. The church was designed by the architectural firm Dunn, Hansom and Fenwicke, consisting of Edward Joseph Hansom, Archibald Matthias Dunn and W. Ellison Fenwick. Later additions were made to the church. In 1966, a porch was added to the northwest of the church. In 1976, a presbytery was added and three years later, in 1979 a parish centre. The sanctuary was refurbished in 1979/1980. All these additions were instigated by the then parish priest, Canon Patrick Lacey who died from a heart attack 2 weeks after his Golden Jubilee Mass. He was also known as "the building priest" having made plans to build 2 other churches, St Thomas More's and St John Vianney's. In 1995, a century after the opening of the church, a book was published that described the history of the church, it was called St Joseph's Church, Hartlepool, 1895 to 1995: A Century of Community. Parish With St Mary's Church in Headland, St Patrick's Church, and St John Vianney's Church, the church is part of the Holy Family Parish. St Joseph's Church has two Sunday Masses at 4:00pm on Saturday and 10:30am on Sunday. St Patrick's has one Sunday Mass at 9:00am, and St John Vianney's has one Sunday Mass on Saturdays at 6.00pm. Interior See also Media related to St Joseph's Church, Hartlepool at Wikimedia Commons Diocese of Hexham and Newcastle References Further reading St Joseph's Church, Hartlepool, 1895 to 1995: A Century of Community, The Print Factory. External links St Joseph's Church from the Diocese of Hexham and Newcastle St Joseph's Church from the Hartlepool History Then And Now Page
Hartlepool Borough Hall

Hartlepool Borough Hall is municipal building, which served as the meeting place of the old Hartlepool Borough Council, before it amalgamated with West Hartlepool County Borough Council. It is located on the Headland, Hartlepool in County Durham, England and is a Grade II listed building. History Hartlepool was an ancient borough, having been given a charter by King John in 1200. It was reformed to become a municipal borough in 1850. A few years later the council decided to commission a new market hall which could also serve as their headquarters: the site they chose was a street known as Johnny's Close. The foundation stone for the new building was laid on 10 August 1865. It was designed by Charles J. Adams in the Italianate style, built in red brick with stone dressings at a cost of £5,000 and was officially opened by the mayor, James Groves, on 4 October 1866. The design involved a symmetrical main frontage with eleven bays facing onto Middlegate; the central bay featured a three-stage tower with a wide arched opening on the ground floor, two short lancet windows and a medallion containing the borough coat of arms on the first floor and two tall lancet windows on the second floor. The tower was surmounted by a pyramid-shaped roof, a square lantern and a spire. The wings contained doorways with fanlights in the third bays from each end. The other bays in the wings were fenestrated, on the ground floor, with round headed windows and, on the first floor, with two-light round headed windows with colonettes separating the lights and with ornate carvings in the spandrels. Internally, the building accommodated a market hall, a courtroom, a police station and offices for the borough officials. There also were lock-up cells for petty criminals in the rear block. In 1926, the market hall was converted into a dance hall and re-decorated in an Art Deco style with a proscenium arch. A dedicated council chamber was also established in the building at that time. The building continued to serve as the headquarters of the old Hartlepool Borough Council until 1967, when the council amalgamated with West Hartlepool Borough Council, with the enlarged council based at the old West Hartlepool headquarters at the Municipal Buildings in Church Square. The borough hall subsequently became an events venue and notable performers have included the singer Morrissey, who appeared there in May 2009. The BBC television programme, Question Time, was also broadcast from the borough hall in October 2016. References
All Saints Church, Isle Brewers

All Saints Church is a Church of England parish church in Isle Brewers, Somerset, England. Designed by Charles Edmund Giles, it was built in 1859-61 and has been a Grade II listed building since 1959. History All Saints was built to replace the parish church of Isle Brewers, which had become dilapidated beyond repair and too small to serve the congregation. Furthermore, its location made it prone to flooding in the winter. In response, the vicar of Isle Brewers, Rev. Dr Joseph Wolff, who had already provided the village with a schoolroom and parsonage, began raising funds for a new church by public subscription. Funding had reached £200 by March 1858, and a half-acre plot of land, approximately a quarter of a mile from the existing church, was donated by General Sir John Michel. In August 1859, Rev. Wolff completed a tour of northern and central England, where he preached and lectured in the effort to raise funds for the new church. The plans for the church were drawn up by Charles Edmund Giles of London and Taunton, and John Spiller of Taunton hired as the builder. The foundation stone was laid by Hon. Henry Walpole on 22 September 1859. The ceremony was attended by members of the local clergy and the Archdeacon of Taunton, George Denison. Sir John Pakington was originally invited to lay the stone, but illness prevented his attendance. Approximately £1,000 of the £1,300 cost of the church had been collected at the time of the ceremony. The completed church was consecrated by the Bishop of Bath and Wells, the Right Rev. Robert Eden, on 2 August 1861. In recent years, the church has been added to Historic England's Heritage at Risk Register, owing to the poor condition of its roof and ceiling, along with two windows and the tower. The church was awarded £250,000 by the National Lottery Heritage Fund in 2018. In addition to restoration, the funding is to be used to adapt the church for additional use as a community space. The pews are to be made moveable and a kitchen and toilets added. Architecture All Saints is built of blue lias stone, with dressings in Hamstone and roofed with Bridgwater tiles, in the Early English style. It was designed to accommodate 170 persons and is made up of a three-bay nave, two-bay chancel, vestry, heating chamber and tower (incorporating the porch). The tower, 72 feet (22 m) in height, was originally fitted with the bells from the old parish church. The open roof is largely made of stained and varnished red deal, and the same material was also used for the pews except those in the chancel which were made from oak. The chancel window was gifted and painted by Mrs Miles of Bingham Rectory. The tesselated pavement and stonework was supplied by Mr Brinson of Curry Mallet. The church retains many of its original fittings including the pews, reredos, pulpit and lectern. The Norman font, along with two Jacobean coffin stools and an 18th-century chest, was transferred from the village's earlier church. References External links
Bewholme Primitive Methodist Chapel

Bewholme Primitive Methodist Chapel is a historic building in Bewholme, a village in the East Riding of Yorkshire, in England. The Wesleyan Methodist Church built at chapel in Bewholme in 1837. In 1839, the Primitive Methodist Church built a chapel in the village. It was enlarged and partly rebuilt in 1859. The majority of labourers in the village attended the Primitive Methodist Chapel, and the Wesleyan Methodist Chapel was disused by 1893, and although it reopened around 1905, it closed again and was sold in 1924. In 1933, both the Primitive and Wesleyan Methodists became part of the Methodist Church of Great Britain. The chapel was grade II listed in 1987; Nikolaus Pevsner describes the building as "pleasing". The chapel closed in the late 1990s, and was later converted into a house. The building is constructed of red and grey brick with a hipped slate roof. There are two storeys, a square plan and fronts of two bays. On the ground floor are two round-headed doorways with radial fanlights. The windows are sashes, those on the front with round-arched heads. Between the upper floor windows on the front is an inscribed and dated stone panel. Before conversion into a house, it had a tiered interior, with pews and simple panelling. See also Listed buildings in Bewholme References
Church of St James the Less, Hambridge

The Church of St James the Less is a Church of England parish church in Hambridge, Somerset, England. It was designed by Benjamin Ferrey and built in 1842–44. The church has been a Grade II listed building since 1988. Adjacent the church is a former national school, which was built in 1844 and is also Grade II listed. History The Church of St James the Less was built as the district church for Hambridge and Westport. Prior to its construction, inhabitants were between two and three and a half miles from the parish church of St Andrew at Curry Rivel. The plans for the church were drawn up by Benjamin Ferrey of London and Mr. Maurice Davis of Langport was hired as the builder. A plot of land was purchased for £140 and the church built for an approximate cost of £800. A grant of £120 was received from the Bath and Wells Diocesan Church Building Association. The foundation stone was laid on 20 June 1842, and the church and its cemetery were consecrated by the Bishop of Salisbury, the Right Rev. Edward Denison, on 2 February 1844. The church underwent a £1,500 restoration scheme in 1957–58, after a survey of the building identified essential repairs to be made. A bazaar held in October 1958 was successful in clearing the remaining £144 debt. Architecture St James is built of White lias, with Ham stone dressings and slate roofs, in the Decorated style. It is made up of a five-bay nave, chancel, west tower, north organ chamber, south vestry and south porch. The two-stage tower has battlements, pinnacles, gargoyles and a diagonal buttress on the west side. It contains a single bell. The church was designed to hold 246 sittings, 150 of which were free and unappropriated. A stained glass window was added to the church in 1866 in memory of the fur dyer and engineer John Appold. It was made by O'Connor and paid for by Rev. C. S. Grueber and friends. References External links Media related to Church of St James the Less, Hambridge at Wikimedia Commons
Lauderdale Road Spanish & Portuguese Synagogue

Die Lauderdale Road Spanish & Portuguese Synagogue, eher bekannt unter dem Namen Lauderdale Road Synagogue, ist eine Synagoge der Londoner City of Westminster, die an der Ecke von Maida Vale und der Lauderdale Road liegt. Sie ist das Zentrum der S&P Sephardi Gemeinde Qahal Qadosh Shaar Shamayim, der ältesten sephardischen Gemeinde im Vereinigten Königreich. Die Synagoge wurde 1896 fertiggestellt. Sie war zeitweise die Hauptsynagoge der Sephardim im Britischen Commonwealth. Geschichte Nach der Vertreibung aller Juden aus England 1290 ließ Oliver Cromwell 1656 erstmals den Zuzug von sechs sephardischen Juden nach London wieder zu. Er gab eine mündliche Zusage für freien Gottesdienst und einen eigenen Friedhof. Um das Jahr 1700 konnte die Gemeinde zunächst die Bevis-Marks-Synagoge errichten, die in Ostlondon am Rand der City of London lag. Sie wurde besucht von ärmeren Familien spanischer und portugiesischer Herkunft, von denen viele mittellos vor der Inquisition geflohen waren. Als immer mehr sephardische, wohlhabend gewordene Juden sich eine Wohnung im Westen Londons leisten konnten, wurde dort eine neue Synagoge benötigt. In mehreren Schritten entstanden verschiedene Gotteshäuser, bis 1892 der Bau einer repräsentativen Synagoge im Westen beschlossen wurde. Sie wurde 1896 eröffnet nach den Plänen der Architekten Davis & Emanuel im erneuerten byzantinischen Stil. Das Innere zeigt mit vielen Bezügen der Gemeindemitglieder zu den Regionen im British Empire eine gewölbte Decke, große Buntglasfenster in gewölbten Nischen, Gobelinteppiche auf den polierten Holzböden sowie eine große Arche. Viele der hochangesehenen und sehr wohlhabenden jüdischen Familien der viktorianischen Ära verbanden sich mit der Synagoge, darunter die Familien Sassoon (irakisch, z. B. David Sassoon), Montefiore (italienisch, z. B. Moses Montefiore) und Mocatta. Der Rabbiner von 1887 bis 1939, Chacham Moses Gaster, war ein führender Zionist, in dessen Wohnung eine erste Fassung der Balfour-Erklärung entstand. Die Synagoge wurde durch deutsche Bomben im Zweiten Weltkrieg zerstört und wiederaufgebaut. In der Nachkriegszeit war der Rabbiner Solomon Gaon 1947–1977 eine entscheidende Figur bei der Integration neuer Zuwanderergruppen aus dem arabischen Raum. Das Montefiore College nahm bald junge Juden zum Studium aus Marokko, Tunesien und Algerien auf, die aus dem sich auflösenden französischen Kolonialreich kamen. Weblinks Lauderdale. In: S and P Sephardi Community. 28. April 2024, abgerufen am 23. Mai 2024 (englisch). Einzelbelege
Synagogue espagnole et portugaise de Lauderdale Road

La synagogue espagnole et portugaise de Lauderdale Road, plus connue sous le nom de synagogue de Lauderdale Road, est une synagogue de la Cité de Westminster, à Londres, située au coin de Maida Vale et de Lauderdale Road. C'est le centre de la communauté séfarade S&P Qahal Qadosh Shaar Shamayim, la plus ancienne communauté séfarade du Royaume-Uni. La synagogue, achevée en 1896, était autrefois la principale synagogue des Séfarades du Commonwealth britannique. Histoire Après l'expulsion des Juifs d'Angleterre en 1290, Oliver Cromwell autorisa six Juifs séfarades à revenir à Londres pour la première fois en 1656. Il a fait une promesse verbale de culte gratuit et d’un cimetière privé. Vers 1700, la communauté a pu construire pour la première fois la synagogue Bevis Marks, située à l'est de Londres, à la limite de la Cité de Londres. Elle était fréquentée par des familles pauvres d'origine espagnole et portugaise, dont beaucoup avaient fui l'Inquisition sans le sou. Alors que de plus en plus de Juifs séfarades riches pouvaient se permettre de se loger dans l'ouest de Londres, une nouvelle synagogue était nécessaire. Différents lieux de culte furent construits en plusieurs étapes jusqu'à ce que la construction d'une synagogue représentative à l'ouest soit décidée en 1892. Elle a été inaugurée en 1896 dans le style néo-byzantin. L'intérieur présente un plafond voûté, de grands vitraux dans des niches cintrées, des tapisseries sur des planchers en bois poli et une grande arche, avec de nombreuses références des paroissiens aux régions de l'Empire britannique. De nombreuses familles juives très respectées et très riches de l'époque victorienne étaient associées à la synagogue, notamment les familles Sassoon (irakiennes), Montefiore et Mocatta. Le rabbin de 1887 à 1939, Chacham Moses Gaster, était un sioniste de premier plan, dans l'appartement duquel fut rédigée la première ébauche de la Déclaration Balfour. La synagogue a été détruite par les bombes allemandes pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale et reconstruite. Après-guerre, le rabbin Solomon Gaon (1947-1977) fut une figure clé de l’intégration des nouveaux groupes d’immigrants du monde arabe. Le Collège Montefiore commença bientôt à accepter de jeunes Juifs du Maroc, de Tunisie et d'Algérie, venus de l'empire colonial français en voie de dissolution. Références Source de traduction Liens externes Site officiel Ressource relative à l'architecture : National Heritage List for England Portail du judaïsme Portail de l’architecture et de l’urbanisme Portail de Londres Portail du XIXe siècle Portail des monuments classés au Royaume-Uni
Wesley Methodist Church, Cambridge

Wesley Methodist Church is a Methodist church located next to Christ's Pieces in central Cambridge, England. The church was founded in 1913 "to attract and retain, and not repel, the young Methodists who come to this University", in the words of the then President of the Wesleyan Methodist Conference. The church was built to replace an earlier Wesleyan Methodist church on Hobson Street, built in 1849, whose site was developed for the County Hall of Cambridgeshire. It is named for John Wesley, a founder of Methodism. The structure is characteristic of the Gothic Revival style of architecture. It was extensively refurbished in 1990 at a cost of £1.3 million. An 1844 William Hill organ was installed in the 1990 refurbishment. Wesley is one of thirteen churches in the Cambridge Methodist Circuit, and one of two Methodist churches in the city of Cambridge, with the other in Castle Street. The building is now a focus for various social activities; it is a working church with daily prayer and several Sunday services each week. Cambridge Student Methodist Society (MethSoc), a student group, holds its weekly meetings in the church's "Upper Room". The church has close links to other Methodist institutions in Cambridge, including Wesley House theological college, and The Leys School. References External links Official website