Liverpool Cricket Club’s main pavilion has been listed at Grade II by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, following advice from Historic England. The listing recognises the pavilion’s special architectural features and its significance in the history of cricket and sporting events in the North West.
Photo: Liverpool Cricket Club, Aigburth Rd, Liverpool, Merseyside. Photo Copyright: Historic England.
The Society’s listing team are bowled over that their hard work has led to Liverpool Cricket Club’s main pavilion, built in 1880 by renowned architect Thomas Harnett Harrison, being listed at Grade II by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, following advice from Historic England.
The listing recognises the pavilion’s special architectural features and its significance in the history of cricket and sporting events in the North West. Aigburth Cricket Ground has served as the home of Liverpool Cricket Club since 1881, with the first first-class cricket match against Cambridge University held on 13th and 14th June that year. The ground later hosted its inaugural international match against the Australians in 1896. The ground and pavilion have also played host to football matches, including an international encounter between England and Ireland in 1883. Additionally, the grounds alternately held the Northern Tennis Tournament with Manchester from 1882 to 1928 and provided pitches for Liverpool Rugby Club from 1884 to 1963.
Joe O’Donnell, Director, The Victorian Society, said: “We are delighted that our application for Liverpool Cricket Club’s building to be listed was successful. This is an important Victorian building as the oldest remaining cricket pavilion in the country used for county and national games. It has hosted cricket, football and tennis events since 1881. We hope that joining the national list will secure the building’s survival long into the future and encourage the Club to consider sensitive restoration of the windows to the original design. Thanks as ever to our team of listing volunteers who work hard researching this and other buildings to help protect our nationally important Victorian and Edwardian heritage.”
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Read the listing here.
29/06/2023
