Designed by J.H. Stanford, the Audley Court is achingly elegant.

Sitting on the same footprint as roughly two detached houses, this Annex apartment provides 8 spacious units with 2 units per floor. Each unit is end to end, extending from the front to the rear of the building with ample living space.

The knee to ceiling height glazed transom forms a glass curtain entrance, letting in plenty of natural light, topped by a semi-circular stone pediment.

Above the house shaped stone gable, the hallway windows are different on each floor. Using a narrow sash on the 2^ndfloor, and bullseye on the 3^rd, it was a time when the designer actually cared, and the accountant didn’t bother.

The five-sided verandahs are supported by molded cornice below, and diminishing columns above, with goose-neck balustrades between them. Having breakfast, lunch and dinner there or just relaxing there after a long day at work would be so lovely.

Known as “Missing Middle”, this type of medium density housing blends in more gracefully to the neighborhood, compared to pencil tower condominiums.

Looking at Audley Court, one can’t help but think, what if new apartments are built just like the old days, like this Annex apartment?

In a highly urbanized city like Toronto, apartments are the bedrock of the city. Audley Court shows us that an apartment can be as beautiful as other Annex detached houses.

Audley, in olde English, means from the meadow. In a sea of modern glass towers, it is Audley indeed.

68 Kendal Avenue, The Annex