Carreras cigarette factory, Mornington Crescent, Camden, London: the main entrance after restoration

NOTES: Designed in 1928 by Arthur George Porri, and embellished by Marcus and Owen Collins, the Carreras cigarette factory, was nicknamed the Black Cat factory, because of the two large bronze cats which flanked the entrance. In the 1960s these were removed and shipped to Carreras factories elsewhere and the neo-Egyptian decoration stripped off. In 1999 Finch Forman were commmissioned to carry out structural repairs and restore the Egyptian facade, with Munkenbeck & Marshall designing a new foyer and access ramp to the front entrance.