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Lord's Cricket Ground, commonly known as Lord's, is a cricket venue in St John's Wood, London.Named after its founder, Thomas Lord, it is owned by Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) and is the home of Middlesex County Cricket Club, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB), the ICC Europe and, until August 2005, the International Cricket Council (ICC).
Dorset Square. Dorset Square is a garden square in Marylebone, London.All buildings fronting it are terraced houses and listed, in the mainstream (initial) category. It takes up the site of Lord's (MCC's) Old Cricket Ground, which lasted 23 years until the 1811 season.
The land on which Lord's was built was originally near a duck pond on a hill in St. John's Wood. It was leased by Thomas Lord following a request from George Finch, 9th Earl of Winchilsea to find a location where cricket could be played in relative privacy. [2] Lord's was built around the slope and was enclosed by stands.
The Grace Gates were officially opened by Sir Stanley Jackson at a ceremony in 1923. They are located close to the west end of the Tavern Stand, and are the main entrance to Lord's for MCC members, who often queue outside the gates hours before Lord's opens on the day of a Test match to get a good seat in the Lord's Pavilion.
It hosts Saurashtra Cricket Association matches along with Madhavrao Scindia Cricket Ground. It is a state of the art cricket stadium. The media box here is similar in design to the one at Lord's Cricket Ground, London. To facilitate spectator movement, there are several aisles between seat columns and the many entrances/exits for the three stands.
The Lord's Pavilion is a cricket pavilion at Lord's Cricket Ground in London, England. Designed by Thomas Verity [ 1 ] and built in 1889–1890, the pavilion has achieved Grade II* listed heritage designation. [ 2 ]
Lord's in London has hosted more men's Test matches than any other cricket ground. One hundred and twenty-three grounds have hosted men's Test cricket [1] since the first officially recognised Test match between Australia and England in Melbourne in March 1877. The grounds are listed in the order in which they were first used as a venue for a ...
St John's Wood Church is an Anglican parish church in St John's Wood, London.. Built in the classical style, the Grade II*-listed church [2] is situated on Lord's Roundabout, between Lord's Cricket Ground and Regent's Park in the Deanery of Westminster St Marylebone. [3]