Bletchley, Buckinghamshire
The Bletchley Cricket Pavilion was built in the 1890s as part of the expansion of the Bletchley Park Estate, commissioned by the wealthy financier, Herbert Leon. It was sold by the Second World War and was later used by Bletchley Grammar School, which in turn sold off the pavilion but kept the cricket pitch. Now this attractive bungalow-style pavilion has no proper context: it is cut off from its former cricket green by a large hedge and hemmed in by trees to the rear, which also help to conceal vandals and thieves, who have stolen bricks and timber and left the building in a fragile condition.
Ian Dungavell, Director of the The Victorian Society said ‘It is in an extremely dilapidated state and the owners need to undertake urgent repairs before it is too late’.
Status Update / March 2026
On 4 May 2017, Bletchley Cricket Pavilion was set alight in what is currently being treated as an arson attack. The building was razed to the ground in a devastating fire which made repair unfeasible without considerable like-for-like reconstruction. The events of that evening demonstrate the importance of security provision at derelict sites.