Conserved Building
265 Serangoon Road
Applicable Guidelines
Other Building Guidelines
Conservation Area
Jalan Besar Conservation Area
Historic address: 265 Serangoon Road
Angullia Mosque Gatehouse
About
The Angullia Mosque was founded by the Angullia family who originated from Gujarat, India and settled in Singapore in the 19th century. It is located at 265 Serangoon Road. This is an area that has been settled over time by immigrants from India. While commonly associated with the general Southern Indian/Tamil/Hindu community, the area that is now known as ‘Little India’ also has other Indian communities of different ethnicities and faiths.
The History
In 1890, Mohammed Salleh Esoof Angullia, a trader and property investor who first arrived in 1850, did well enough to build a Southern Indian Muslim style mosque at Serangoon Road. In 1970, while the mosque was rebuilt in the Modern style, its original gatehouse was retained.
The Building
The gatehouse is a single storey brick and plaster structure with a pleasant shaded arcade. It also has a terrace with a set of 8 free-standing tapering columns topped by pot-shaped finials typical of Indian Muslim architecture. Similarities can be seen in the architecture of the Abdul Ghaffor Mosque in Dunlop Street and the Nagore Dargah on Telok Ayer Street (both National Monuments).
The Legacy
As a physical marker, the gatehouse illustrates the diversity of architectural form in the Muslim community in Singapore. It also illustrates the cultural diversity of the Serangoon Road/Little India area that is also marked by the gopurams of 3 historic Hindu temples. Overall, this reflects the diversity in religious expression and culture within the larger Indian community, and the harmonious co-existence of different communities in the area.
The mosque also serves as a reminder of the important role played by Singapore’s Indian Muslim community as pioneers in business and community leadership.
Gazetted on 6 June 2014.
Guidelines and Procedures
All proposed works will need to comply with the Conservation Guidelines and the Specific Restoration Guidelines (SRG). Conservation Permission is required before all additions & alteration works and operations of new use can begin.
Residential Fronts are characterised by timber casement windows flanking a double-leafed timber door. All buildings with residential front which is existing and/or identified in the 'Specific Restoration Guidelines', regardless of land use zoning, shall be retained and restored.
Any proposed additions and alterations to this conserved building are subject to evaluation. Please submit your proposal for URA’s review.
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The building can be found at this street.