West London Tabernacle, Penzance Place(Now the Islamic Universal Association)

A former Baptist chapel, built in the 1860’s, and enlarged in 1871-2, has a Moorish style feel. in the last 20 years

Originally erected in the 1860's by Mr. Varley, a Baptist businessman who began to preach in the neighbouring Potteries, it served as an industrial warehouse. In the last 20 years it has found a new religious use as an Iranian Shia mosque and the headquarters of the Islamic Universal Association.

It was enlarged and 'beautified' in 1871–2 to designs by Habershon and Pite and it is important to the character of the Conservation Area that it should remain that way. The Article 4 Direction now intended should help to protect against unsuitable alterations.

It is built of yellow stock bricks with stone dressings, the style being a free adaptation of Italian Renaissance. The south front is flanked by two towers, now partially demolished, which contained staircases to the galleries. The centre of this elevation was pierced by a large semi-circular window with a hood moulding in the form of a pointed arch.