Avenue Picture Palace

Located in the north London inner-city district of Clerkenwell, Islington. The Avenue Electric Theatre opened in 1910. It was located on the ground floor of a three storey warehouse building built by E.F. Chambers in in 1896, with the Ground floor auditorium with 574-seats (all on long wooden benches) running parallel to the Avenue. The basement was used by the Munich Gerner Brewery, with the two upper floors used by metal workshops and the top floor by a printers. The cinema space was designed by architects Francis Chambers & Son.

In 1911-1912 alterations were made by architect J. Emblin-Walker, it reopened as the Avenue Picture Palace, and it catered to the local Italian community. The seating capacity had been reduced to 376-seats It was closed in September 1914, possibly due to the nearby Sadler’s Wells Theatre starting to screen films. The entire building went to industrial use.

In 2009, the building still stands, basically unaltered, now entirely taken over for office use.

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