There are nineteen mosques in Bristol. The first, the Jamia Mosque, was founded by members of the Bristol Muslim Association (BMA). In 1968, BMA began borrowing the disused St Katharine’s church on Green Street, and in spring of the same year approached the PCC of Holy Nativity Church, Knowle, to buy the building. The sale was agreed at £2,500. The church had never been consecrated, and had closed in 1961. In 1979-1980, building work was undertaken to convert the red brick chapel into the mosque you see today, adding a dome and ornamental minaret.