Relief Sculpture at Lords Cricket Ground is a Grade II listed building in the Westminster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 May 2001. A Modern Sculpture. 1 related planning application.

Relief Sculpture at Lords Cricket Ground

WRENN ID
north-terrace-aspen
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Westminster
Constituency
Cities of London and Westminster MP: Rachel Blake (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
22 May 2001
Type
Sculpture
Period
Modern
Address
Relief Sculpture at Lords Cricket Ground, Wellington Road, City of Westminster, NW8 9SP
OS grid reference
TQ 270 828
Coordinates
51.53011, -0.16934
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This relief sculpture is located at Lord’s Cricket Ground on Wellington Road. It was created in 1934 by Gilbert Bayes, RA, and is made of Portland stone. The sculpture is a bas-relief depicting a procession of thirteen sportsmen and women, including tennis players, golfers, cricketers, swimmers, oarsmen, and footballers. An inscription at the upper level reads “PLAY UP PLAY UP AND PLAY THE GAME,” after Sir Henry Newboult. An inscription along the base reads “PRESENTED TO St MARYLEBONE BY ALDERMAN DAVID ISAACS 1934. GILBERT BAYES 1934.” The relief was installed following a widening of the roadway in 1934, and the corner was remodelled and a new setting was created in 1995-96.

Local climate

Relief Sculpture at Lords Cricket Ground sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 93% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 94% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 51% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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