The Octagon, Finchley Road
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The Octagon, Finchley Road
Image: © Natasha Ceridwen de Chroustchoff Taken: 6 Jan 2009
This massive building, on the corner of Burrard Road, was built in 1894 as a Congregational church connected with the former Hackney Theological Seminary (later College) next door. It seated over a thousand but congregations dwindled and it closed in 1940. In 1947 it became the Shomei Hadath synagogue but now seems to have been converted into flats and offices.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.554806
Longitude
-0.191903