Bevis Marks Synagogue

works to upgrade the community spaces and access within the uk’s oldest synagogue

Bevis Marks Synagogue is the oldest synagogue in the UK dating from 1701, with designs based on the Spanish & Portuguese Synagogue in Amsterdam.

Today the synagogue is the focal point for the small resident but large working community of the City of London. Apart from the Grade I Listed intricately detailed main prayer space, there is a restaurant and community hall, used for a variety social and community functions.

Square Feet Architects were commissioned to carry out a full refurbishment of the community hall, to reorganise the administration spaces, provide better a restaurant kitchen working environment and to improve disabled access and facilities. We also facilitated the exhibition of a 12th century Mikveh (Jewish ritual bathing pool), the oldest Jewish artefact ever to be found in London, that was discovered during the construction of an office building on Milk Street.

Location: City of London, UK
Budget: £350K
Area: 3000 sqft
Engineer: Conisbee
Quantity Surveyor:

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