Lord's Cricket Ground (generally known as Lord's) is a in . Named after its founder, , it is owned by (MCC) and is the home of , the (ECB), the (ECC); and until August 2005, the (ICC). Lord's is often referred to as 'The Home of .Lord's today is not on its original site, being the third of three grounds that Lord established between 1787 and 1814.
His first ground, now referred to as , was where Dorset Square now stands. His second ground, , was used from 1811 to 1813 before being abandoned due to the construction through its outfield of the Regent's Canal. The present Lord's ground is about 250 yards north-west of the Middle Ground.Lord's is home to the oldest sporting museum in the world.
The main survivor of the Victorian era is The with its famous Long Room; this was built in 1889-90 to the designs of architect . Recently, this historic landmark - a Grade II*-listed building - underwent an £8 million refurbishment programme in 2004-05. The pavilion is primarily for members of who may use its amenities including seats for viewing the cricket, the Long Room and other facilities such as the Long Room Bar, the Bowlers Bar, a members shop etc. For matches the Pavilion is open to members of the Middlesex County Club. The Pavilion also contains the where players change, each of which has a small balcony for players to watch the play. In each of the two main dressing rooms are honours boards which commemorate all the centuries scored in on the Lord’s ground and all instances of a bowlers taking five wickets in an innings and/or ten wickets in a match.
The Media Centre was commissioned in time for the 1999 and was the first all aluminium, semi-monocoque building in the world. It was built and fitted-out in two boatyards and utilises boat-building technology. The centre stands 15 metres above the ground and its sole support comes from the structure around its two lift shafts – it is approximately the same height as the Pavilion directly opposite it on the other side of the ground. The lower tier of the centre provides accommodation for over 100 journalists and the top tier has radio and television commentary boxes. The centre’s only window is in the broadcasting box used by . The Building was awarded the for architecture in 1999. The centre was originally sponsored and is now sponsored by
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