The Roundhouse is a performing arts and concert venue situated at the Grade II* listed former railway engine shed in Chalk Farm, London, England. The building was erected in 1846–1847 by the London & North Western Railway as a roundhouse, a circular building containing a railway turntable, but was used for that purpose for only about a decade. After being used as a warehouse for a number of years, the building fell into disuse just before World War II. It was first made a listed building in 1954.
Main entrance to the Roundhouse
The Great Circular Engine House, or the Luggage Engine House, c. 1850
Interior of Camden Roundhouse in 2013
Patti Smith performing at Roundhouse, 17 May 2007
A railway roundhouse is a building with a circular or semicircular shape used by railways for servicing and storing locomotives. Traditionally, though not always the case today, these buildings surrounded or were adjacent to a turntable.
the John Street Roundhouse, now part of Roundhouse Park in Toronto, Canada, viewed from the CN Tower in September 2012.
Roundhouse in Berlin-Pankow
Roundhouse in Uster, Switzerland
Changhua roundhouse at Changhua, Taiwan, built in 1922 and still in use today