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© Mr Adam Watson
IoE Number:
427831
Location:
SHAH JEHAN MOSQUE, ORIENTAL ROAD
WOKING, WOKING, SURREY
Photographer:
Mr Adam Watson
Date Photographed:
15 November 2007
Date listed:
06 January 1984
Date of last amendment:
06 January 1984
Grade
II
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In the entry for:
TQ 05 NW BOROUGH OF WOKING ORIENTAL ROAD
6/103 Shah Jehan Mosque
GV II*
the Grade shall be amended to read Grade II* (star).
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TQ 05NW BOROUGH OF WOKING ORIENTAL ROAD
6/103 Shah Jehan Mosque
GV II*
Mosque. 1889, by W.I. Chambers. Dressed rubblestone, stucco facing, copper
dome and finials. Square with 3 bay front articulated by four panelled piers
with open turrets above linked by battlement type decoration. The turrets are
crowned with sphere finials in floral sockets. Centre full height ogee arch
with decorative bands to arch surround, metal arabesque work with blue inlay
to arch spandrels. Central 4 paned door under trefoil head, circular metal
work decoration above. Similar ogee arches to either side with panel doors to
semi-circular chapels, bulls eye type decoration on over doors. Central
spherical dome with band of stars around the equator and petal decoration to
the top forming the base for a crescent finial. Left and right hand return
fronts have ogee arched windows with star and hexagon glazing tracery.
PEVSNER : Buildings of England, Surrey : pp.533-4
BUILDING NEWS 2nd August 1889