The opening of a new visitor and education centre at Britain’s oldest synagogue, Bevis Marks in the City of London, which was due to take place this year, has been delayed until next year because of building complications.
Howard Martin, chair of the Bevis Marks Synagogue Heritage Foundation, told supporters that work at the 320-year old site had proved to be “challenging”.
Party wall works which the contractor had thought would be straightforward had “turned out to be quite complex,” he explained.
“Unexpected columns were found to be corroded as more opening took place and beams were discovered that were not supposed to be there,” he said.
