C O N T E X T 1 2 5 : J U LY 2 0 1 2 19 Before start of play at Old Trafford, Manchester, where Lancashire County Cricket Club’s 1895 pavilion sits snugly against The Point (BDP, 2010), a conference and events centre Lord’s, home of the Marylebone Cricket Club, during the MCC v Hong Kong Cricket Club match in 2011 areas to eat, drink and socialise, and often a scorebox and scoreboard. Verandas, awnings and raised viewing platforms became commonplace by the 1890s, allowing players to shelter and to view play out on the pitch. Larger pavilions retained this domestic air, sometimes with a touch of arts-and-crafts styling, and might include tiered spectator accommodation, as in Swindon Cricket Club’s Grade II-listed pavilion, which dates from around 1893. Aside from club and county grounds, pavilions were put up on the grounds of educational institutions – schools, colleges, universities and services establishments – at country house grounds, in public parks, and eventually at works grounds, although these were generally later in date. Once architects became involved, often at well-funded public schools and universities, pavilions became more complex and ornate. Prominent in this field were T G Jackson, with pavilions at the Parks in Oxford (1880), Brighton College (1883) and Giggleswick School (1900); Reginald Blomfield,who designed pavilions at Haileybury School (1885) and Salt Hill Park in Slough (1907); London architect Richard Creed, who worked at the Essex county ground in Leyton (1886) andWestminster School ground (1889); andManchester architectThomas Muirhead, responsible for OldTrafford’s 1895 pavilion and the now much-altered Oval (1897). Creed also submitted a plan for the new pavilion at Lord’s, but theatre architect Thomas Verity was chosen to design the building, which opened in 1890. It is the outstanding
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