Architecture Significance
Being one of the oldest mosques in Penang to survive largely in its original form, the Acheen Street Mosque was built to complete with an octagonal minaret, an ablution area, a pool and a verandah. It is surrounded by mid 19th Century town houses, rows of shop houses and a cemetery including the mausoleum of Syed Hussain and his family. Architecturally, the mosque is essentially hybrids with a taste of the Moorish influence, orientally forms and Neo-Classical features. The styles can be seen from its arches, windows, columns, hipped roof and other elements on the minaret.
The mosque is a good example of masonry building that is rich in architectural details and vocabulary as well as the adaptation of the building elements to the local climate. The external walls are made of bricks which were plastered and painted with lime wash. There has been a succession of colour coatings on the plastered wall starting from white, light blue,yellow to the present colour of ivory. Decorative plastered renderings are featured on the capitals of the interior columns and cornices. Besides plaster and bricks, timber and marble floor tiles are widely used in the building. Timber is used for the roof structures, casement windows, fanlight, grilles and ceilings. Granite can be seen mainly around the pool and the verandah steps. The hipped roof, which resembles most the Chinese temple, used asbestos sheets and mortar located underneath the ridges. Later constructions made in the mosque include metal awning above the verandah, cemented floors, toilets and a modern ablution area.
(timber-used for the roof structure,casement windows, fanlight, grilles and ceilings)
(asbestos- located underneath the ridges)
(Moorish Influence)
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