Grandstand at Summers Lane sports ground

The grandstand at Summers Lane sports ground, built in the 20th century, serves a football club to the west and a rugby club to the east. It is constructed of reinforced concrete and has a rectangular, symmetrical plan, oriented north-south. The design incorporates double-span, cantilevered roofs covering back-to-back stands, with separate changing rooms located beneath.

The cantilevered concrete roof is supported by twelve T-shaped ribs integrated into the spine wall which divides the two stands. A later steel-framed extension clad with corrugated iron, featuring rounded ends and supported by concrete columns, has been added to the football club stand roof. Seating is arranged on nine levels of concrete terracing beneath the roof. The football club stand retains original wooden bench seating in the end sections, supported by concrete, while the central section has replacement plastic seating, which is not of special interest. Similar replacement seating is present on the rugby club stand, also not of special interest.

Originally, glazed panels set in steel frames protected the ends of the stands. The northern screen on the rugby club side has been removed, and the southern screen has lost its glazing. On the football club side, both screens remain, although much of the glazing has been replaced with Perspex panels. A pair of centrally placed, splayed concrete stairs project forward from the stand, creating a porch for the entrance to the changing rooms below. The space on the rugby club side has been infilled, and a breeze-block tunnel inserted on the football side. Later tubular steel safety railings are present on both sets of stairs and the stand parapets.

The changing rooms below the stands originally featured long, narrow windows with metal Crittall frames; the openings remain unaltered on the rugby club side but have replacement uPVC frames on the football club side. Alterations on the football club side accommodate two additional entrances and replacement metal frames. The changing rooms are symmetrical, with home and away dressing rooms flanking central shower/bathroom facilities, alongside kit and referee rooms. Few original fittings remain. According to planning legislation, the interiors of both sets of changing rooms are not considered to have special architectural or historic interest.