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Upper Berkeley Street
Upper Berkeley Street runs east to west through the western portion of Marylebone, falling squarely within the Portman Estate, which has managed this part of the neighbourhood since the mid-eighteenth century. The street connects Edgware Road at its western end to the streets surrounding Portman Square, the centrepiece of the Estate's Georgian residential grid.
The street's most significant building is the West London Synagogue, situated at number 34. Founded in 1840, the congregation is the oldest Reform synagogue in the United Kingdom, established by 24 members of prominent Sephardi and Ashkenazi families who sought a progressive place of worship in West London. The current building was completed in 1870, designed by Davis and Emmanuel in a Neo-Byzantine style with a Portland stone facade. It was granted Grade II listed status by Historic England in 1989 and remains one of the most architecturally notable Victorian synagogues in Britain.
The surrounding streetscape is characterised by Georgian and late Victorian terraces, many of which have been subdivided into flats and professional offices over the decades. Numbers 66 to 69 are among the listed properties that retain their original elevational integrity. The street sits close to Marble Arch and the southern edge of the Portman Estate's 110-acre holding, making it a point of transition between the residential calm of Marylebone and the commercial pressure of Oxford Street and Park Lane.
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