Brighton Regency Synagogue

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| religious_affiliation = Orthodox Judaism {{small|(former)}}

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| rite = Nusach Ashkenaz

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| functional_status = Closed {{small|(as a synagogue)}}; Repurposed

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| location = 38–39 Devonshire Place, Kemptown, Brighton and Hove, East Sussex, England BN2 1QB

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| architect = David Mocatta

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| architecture_style = Regency

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| established = 1824 {{small|(as a congregation)}}

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|designation1 = Grade II

|designation1_offname = Nos. 38 and 39 and attached walls and piers, Devonshire Place (east side)

|designation1_date = 20 August 1971

|designation1_number = 1380432

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| footnotes = {{cite web |url=https://www.jewishgen.org/jcr-uk/Community/br3/index.htm |title=Brighton & Hove Hebrew Congregation |work=Jewish Communities and Records - United Kingdom |publisher=JewishGen and the Jewish Genealogical Society of Great Britain |date=20 June 2023 |access-date=1 May 2024 }}

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The Brighton Regency Synagogue, also called the Devonshire Place Synagogue, is a former Orthodox Jewish congregation and synagogue, located at 38–39 Devonshire Place, Kemptown, Brighton and Hove, in East Sussex, England, in the United Kingdom. The congregation, established in 1824, worshiped in the Ashkenazi rite.

The Regency building was completed in 1825 as a synagogue and ceased operation as a synagogue in 1874. The former synagogue building was listed as a Grade II listed building in 1971.{{NHLE |num=1380432 |desc=Numbers 38 and 39 and attached walls and piers |grade=II |accessdate=17 January 2017}}

The site now comprises an apartment building.

History

The synagogue was built in 1824–25. It was enlarged in 1836–38 to designs by David Mocatta, England's first Jewish architect.

The building's chaste, pilastered façade, symmetry, and central doorway are typical of the Regency style. A faded inscription reading {{smallcaps|jews synagogue 5598}} (1838) was faintly visible under the pediment in 2006. Inside, the original ceiling lantern, a typical Regency feature, is still in place.{{cite book |last=Kadish |first=Sharman |author-link=Sharman Kadish |title=Jewish Heritage in England: An Architectural Guide |publisher=English Heritage |year=2006 |isbn=1-905624-28-X |pages=76–77}}

The building was replaced by the Middle Street Synagogue in 1875, and sold. By 2007 it had been converted into apartments, with the façade sensitively restored and an historic plaque mentioning the architect.{{cite web |url=http://www.jewish-heritage-uk.org/news/text/planning.htm |title=Jewish Heritage UK – Planning & Development News |date=3 May 2009 |work=Jewish Heritage UK website |publisher=Survey of the Jewish Built Heritage (SJBH) |access-date=27 December 2009}}