<Tr> <Th> Dome (s) </Th> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Minaret (s) </Th> <Td> 0 (2 miniature) </Td> </Tr> <P> The Shah Jahan Mosque (also known as Woking Mosque) in Oriental Road, Woking, England, is the first purpose - built mosque in the United Kingdom . Built in 1889, it is located 30 miles (50 km) southwest of London . </P> <P> The Shah Jahan Mosque was built in 1889 by Hungarian - British Jew and orientalist Gottlieb Wilhelm Leitner . It was partly funded by Sultan Shah Jahan, Begum of Bhopal, as a place for students at the Oriental Institute in Woking to worship at . The mosque was designed by architect William Isaac Chambers (1847--1924) and built in Bath and Bargate stone . It was designed in an Indo - Saracenic Revival style, and has a dome, minarets, and a courtyard . The architecture was described by Pevsner Architectural Guides as "extraordinarily dignified". </P>

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