The Roundhouse in Camden was designed by Robert Stephenson and Robert B. Dockray as a circular railway engine shed, built by Branson & Gwyther. The infobox and opening text name the London & North Western Railway as client, but a later section names the London & Birmingham Railway. Construction ran from 1846 to 1847.
It has yellow brick walls, a conical slate roof with a glazed central louvre, 24 cast-iron Doric columns and curved ribs. It is 157 feet (48 m) across and holds 1,700 seated or 3,300 standing.
Camden Council took over from the Greater London Council in 1983, and the Norman Trust bought it in 1996. John McAslan & Partners, with Buro Happold, led a 27 million pound renovation, adding soundproofing and a New Wing. The infobox gives 2004 to 2005, but the text says it closed in 2004 and reopened on June 1, 2006. The article gives no hours or prices.
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