Avenue Chambers

Avenue Chambers is a shopping parade with offices, previously flats, located on Vernon Place in Camden. It was constructed between 1906 and 1910 by architect R.J. Worley for the Bedford Estate. The building is made of red brick with white terracotta decorations and features five storeys plus a later 20th-century attic with dormers.

The façade consists of seven window bays, including a splayed left-hand return and a projecting oriel on the right-hand return to Sicilian Avenue. The ground floor has a round-headed entrance to the offices in the central bay, flanked by later 20th-century shopfronts. The bays are separated by Corinthian columns on plinths that support an entablature with a plain terracotta frieze at the second floor level. The end bays feature pilasters.

On the first floor, there are square-headed casement windows with configurations of four, three, and two lights, except for the entrance bay which has a five-light oriel window. This oriel has an apron decorated with a wreath and swags inscribed "Avenue Chambers." The second, third, and fourth floors contain two-light transom and mullion windows at either end, four-light canted bay windows with transoms and mullions, and in the central entrance bay, four-light bow windows. The projecting oriel has seven lights with transoms and mullions, extending from the second to the fourth floor. Below this, there is an arched entrance supported by four large brackets and a cornice above.

All windows are fitted with small leaded panes, some of which feature shields. The building is topped with a modillion cornice and a terracotta balustrade, with the central bay featuring a pedimented gable and a two-light transom and mullion window. Tall slab chimneys are positioned on either side, and above the left-hand splayed return, there is a domed terracotta lantern.

The development of Nos 1-6 Vernon Place is part of a cohesive architectural ensemble that includes Nos 1-29 (odd) and 6-20 (even) Sicilian Avenue, as well as Nos 15-23, 25-35 (odd), and 35A Southampton Row.