The former synagogue building was completed in 1880, designed by Scottish architect John Johnstone in the North Italian style,[2][3][4][5] and featured an elaborate two-storey sandstone façade.

The Newcastle Old Hebrew Congregation traces its roots from 1838 and the founding of Temple Street Synagogue, which merged with the Charlotte Square Synagogue to form the Newcastle United Hebrew Congregation.

The amalgamated congregation moved into the new synagogue on Leazes Park Road, which was consecrated on 25 August 1880.

[6] The building had a basement schoolroom and a Jewish sports club was formed there in 1934.

[8] The Leazes Park Synagogue building was put to use as a shopping arcade[2] until a fire destroyed the interior in 1989.