Pavilion

The Pavilion is a sports pavilion built in 1923 by Sir Edwin Cooper for the Port of London Authority. It features red brick laid in English bond and has a flat lead roof, with a square plan and a classical style.

The exterior is one storey high, with the south facade displaying a four-window range. At the center is a pedimented portico supported by four Tuscan columns and four pilasters, topped with a modillion cornice. The ceiling of the portico has three shallow rectangular coffers, and the coat of arms of the Port of London Authority is featured in the tympanum. There is a double-leaf flush-panelled door beneath a six-vaned fanlight, flanked by one 9/9 horned sash window on each side, both under gauged skewback arches. The facade has a plain parapet with flat coping stones. There are lower advanced bays on the right and left, each containing one Diocletian window. The north elevation is identical to the south.

The west return includes a six-panel door under a four-vaned fanlight at the extreme north and south bays. Between these doors is a lower aisle lit by five three-light top-hung casements beneath a plain parapet. The main wall behind the parapet features five Diocletian windows and has a plain parapet. The east return mirrors the west, except that the two doorways are replaced with Diocletian windows.

Inside, there is a central barrel-vaulted passageway running north-south between the porticos, illuminated by five pitched roof lights. Pilasters support a cornice along the passage. Double-leaf half-glazed doors at each end are topped with eight-vaned fanlights. Similar doors without fanlights open east and west into changing rooms and offices. The lower corner rooms have groin-vaulted ceilings, while the side rooms feature continuous barrel-vaulted ceilings with cutouts for the Diocletian side windows. The original stud partitions have largely been replaced.