Description:
The building on the left is now the Registry Office.
The building was designed as The Poor Law Offices by Mr Goodall of Nottingham and costing about £16,000, opened on August 18th 1887.
The building was seriously damaged during a bombing raid in the second World War that hit the University College building across the road. Shrapnel marks are still visible in the stonework.
The Synagogue to the right was initially opened in 1854 as a free Methodist church: in 1941 the building suffered bomb damage and despite being fully restored after the war, the closing service was held on 11 Oct 1953. The premises were sold and re-dedicated as a synagogue.