New West End Synagogue, London

Designed by George Audsley of Scotland in collaboration with Nathan S. Joseph, its foundation stone was laid on 7 June 1877 by Leopold de Rothschild The synagogue's first rabbi was Simeon Singer, who translated and edited the ‘’Authorised Daily Prayer Book‘’, which is still used in Orthodox synagogues across Great Britain. Perhaps the best known rabbi of New West End Synagogue was Louis Jacobs, whose ties with the synagogue were severed in what became known as the Jacobs affair, and who went on to found the Masorti movement. Jacobs' supporters left to found the New London Synagogue in Abbey Road, St John's Wood. In August 2007, the New West End Synagogue was declared a national monument…

The building was designed by George Ashdown Audsley and William James Audsley of Liverpool. Their output was primarily Protestant churches, but this project and that for the Old Hebrew Congregation, Prince's Road, Liverpool were two exceptions. Other activities included the publication of books on ornament and Japanese art. Both brothers eventually moved to the New York City area. George became a designer of pipe organs and published notable works on pipe organs. The Audsleys were particularly fond of historical ornament from various sources. Their churches were High Victorian Gothic Revival, but their secular buildings and synagogues could feature elements of Egyptian, Greek, Saracenic,…