Cricket Pavilion In Dean Park Sports Ground

The Cricket Pavilion in Dean Park Sports Ground was built in 1902 for the Bournemouth Cricket and Lawn Tennis Club and has undergone some alterations in the late 20th century. It is constructed of red brick in Flemish bond, with a tile-hung first floor at the front and brick in stretcher bond elsewhere. The building has a plain tile roof and is two storeys high, featuring six bays arranged in a 1:1:3:1 pattern, with the three central bays projecting forward and a single-storey bay set back on the right.

The three main projecting bays have a ground floor that is glazed with a small-pane upper section and a central entrance. The first floor, which serves as a balcony, is open and features an arcade with billeted arch braces supporting the eaves plate above, vertical boarding, and a plain balustrade with a central clock. The roof is hipped with decorative ridge tiles and dragons' head finials, sloping down to form a catslide roof over the side bays.

The right-hand side bay has a projecting polygonal corner, with a door and continuous glazing on the ground floor and later 20th-century glazing on the continuous first floor window. The left-hand side bay features a half-glazed double door leading to internal steps up to the balcony and a canted window above. Another bay to the left, originally a single storey, has been raised to two storeys under a flat roof, with a doorway flanked by side lights and overlights. The bay set back to the far right is an addition that is not of special interest.

On the right return, the main block has a boarded door on the right, and to its left, there is a wooden telephone kiosk, likely from the 1920s, which has a gabled roof with a tall ridge piece and pendant acorn finials. Inside, the balcony features tiered benches, and the walls are made of white brick in Flemish garden wall bond with red brick bands, supported by fishbone king-post roof trusses. This pavilion is well preserved and is considered a relatively early example of its kind.