WS Heritage were instructed by Hove Hebrew Congregation Synagogue to obtain a Certificate of Immunity (CoI) from Listing for the application site. Whilst not statutorily listed, it had however been included on Brighton & Hove’s local list of heritage assets since before 2015. It is also located within Brunswick Town Conservation Area, designated in 1969.

Evaluations were based upon consideration of both the fabric of the building and historic background research, before being gauged against Historic England’s Listing Selection Guide for Places of Worship, 2017 (in particular, ‘Buildings of Judaism’), and other Historic England guidance concerning the assessment of significance.

Being first erected in 1883 as a gymnasium, before being converted to a synagogue over 1929-30, the site was found to lack a purpose-built design; to have a poorly adapted and deteriorated interior; an absence of group value; and – in contrast to many of its far superior counterparts – a more general lack of special interest or qualities sufficient for national listing.