St Andrew's Methodist Chapel was built in 1862 by architect John Dickson. The chapel was fire damaged and renovated during the mid Twentieth Century and reopened in 1964. Built in the Gothic style with a gable-entry plan, the chapel is stone built with a slate roof and flanking towers. St Andrew's is now Grade 2 listed but by 2008 was in use as a Mosque and Islamic centre.
RCAHMW, May 2010.
Swansea Mosque was located in two former terraced commercial buildings on St. Helen's Road in Swansea, serving the needs of the Muslim community since the 1980s. In order to cater for the needs of Swansea's growing Muslim community, a disused church was acquired on St. Helen's Road just yards away from the existing mosque. St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church was built in 1864 by Scottish immigrants working in the drapery trade. Designed by John Dickson, the façade has decorative twin towers. St. Andrew's later became the property of the United Reformed Church. After fire damage in 1964, the rear hall was redesigned and rebuilt. The church was disused and sold in the 1990s. A Muslim charity (Kafel Fund UK) bought the building from a private owner in 1997. In 2004 following the merger of the charity with the mosque, the current restoration and renovation plans commenced. The exterior of church with the distyinctive towers is relatively unaltered; the interior has been replanned as a prayer hall and Muslim centre. Exterior (George Street entrance) signage English/Welsh: 'Swansea Mosque / Mosg Abertawe'; 'Welsh Muslim Centre / Canolfan Fwslimaidd Cymru'. According to the online Mosque Directory: Following: Salafi - Ahl-e-Hadith; Management: Bangladeshi; Capacity: 600.
This record was created by RCAHMW’s Welsh Asian Heritage Project (2023–24), funded by the Welsh Government’s Anti-racist Wales Action Plan.