Avenue Road, London

Avenue Road is a street in the Swiss Cottage and St John's Wood districts of London. It includes the grade II listed Swiss Cottage Central Library at the north end.

Map of Avenue Road (diagonal)

Location

Avenue Road is on the A41 and B525, and runs roughly from Swiss Cottage tube station in the northwest to Regent's Park Outer Circle in the southeast.

Buildings
Swiss Cottage Central Library

At the north end is the grade II listed block of flats and shops known as Regency Lodge (1937-38, Robert Atkinson and A.F.B. Anderson)[1] and the grade II and architecturally notable Swiss Cottage Central Library, designed by Sir Basil Spence and completed in 1964.[2] At the south end is number 25, a detached villa built around 1830-40 on the Portland Estate that is also grade II listed.[3]

In October 2017, a 5,000+ sq ft house in Avenue Road owned by the late property developer Harry Hyams, and designed in 1954 by the architect Richard Seifert, was listed for sale at £16 million, with the expectation that the new owner would replace it with a larger house.[4]

The area is popular with buyers looking to demolish older houses and replace them with larger new homes, and in March 2019 a "near-derelict building" in Avenue Road with "planning permission for a 18,000 sq ft new home" was sold on a Friday with bulldozers on site by Monday.[5]

Notable residents have included the musician Paul McCartney, and the boxer Anthony Joshua.[4]

References
  1. Historic England. "Regency Lodge (1413897)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 19 February 2020.
  2. Historic England. "Swiss Cottage Central Library (1272259)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 19 February 2020.
  3. Historic England. "25, Avenue Road NW8 (1217828)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 19 February 2020.
  4. Murdock, Meghann (9 October 2017). "A project fit for a property tycoon: 1950s mansion designed by Centre Point architect for sale — with potential to add £20m to its value". Evening Standard. Retrieved 13 February 2020.
  5. Cox, Hugo (30 May 2019). "Why house prices in St John's Wood are bucking the central London trend". The Financial Times.
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