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The house is now a meetings and events venue, while the gardens and arboretum remain open to the public free of charge. The house and gardens are now managed by an independent charitable body, the Avenue House Estate Trust, which leased the estate for 125 years in 2002.
Avenue House Grounds is a ten-acre (four hectares) Site of Local Importance for Nature Conservation on East End Road in Church End, Finchley in the London Borough of Barnet. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The estate is now known as Stephens House & Gardens.
[1] [2] The road is often referred to by its nickname of "Billionaires' Row". [3] The 66-house street runs downhill north–south and with the parallel Winnington Road displays a variety of architectural styles. [4] Average property prices on the avenue surpassed £1 million in the late 1980s and each property occupies a 2–3-acre plot. [5]
It developed following the Finchley Road Act 1826, which authorised construction of Finchley New Road and Avenue Road, with The Swiss Tavern built at the junction of the new roads. [2] The neighbourhood around Finchley Road and Avenue Road was redeveloped in 1937 and 1938 with the opening of an Odeon cinema and the Regency
To the southeast along East End Road are two institutions of note: Avenue House, built in 1859 and home to the Finchley Society, and a Jewish cultural centre, the Sternberg Centre. Avenue House was the home of Henry 'Inky' Stephens (1841-1918), son of Dr Henry Stephens (1796-1864) who founded the Stephens Ink Company, the first producers of ...
The station was opened on 20 November 1939, on a new section of deep-level tunnel constructed between Baker Street and Finchley Road stations when the Metropolitan line's services on its Stanmore branch were transferred to the Bakerloo line. It is named after a nearby pub built in 1803–4, originally called The Swiss Tavern and later renamed ...
Along the Finchley Road was a number of villas (c1830s), joined by the Royal Oak public house (c.1850s). By the end of the 19th century there were around 300 people living in the area, which included a laundry, a small hospital for children with skin diseases.
The Strawberry Vale Brook ran through the area. By the 1970s the house had been demolished and Ordnance Survey maps show a riding school. At one time, Evan Evans, a horse breeder of international reputation, ran his business from there. [1] Stable Walk, Brook Walk and Nursery Road on the modern estate all refer to the area's history.