Lord's - Compton and Edrich Stands
The second phase of the cricket ground's updated Masterplan saw the demolition and replacement of the existing Compton and Edrich Stands either side of the award-winning Media Centre at the Nursery End of the ground.
Designed by WilkinsonEyre, the new three-tiered stands included integrated amenities and provide vastly improved sightlines for seats at lower levels. The stands are linked by a walkway behind the Lord’s Media Centre and provided an extra 2,500 seats, increasing the ground's capacity to 31,000.
The project also involved relocating two floodlights, provision of new hospitality, catering and retail facilities, together with hard and soft landscaping to the public realm. There are also wheelchair accessible spaces on all tiers, as well as lift access to all levels. Many of the original seating was retained and reused on sustainability grounds, and the stands are heated/cooled by an open loop Ground Source Heat Pump, which also provides capacity to the Warner Stand at the Pavilion end of the Ground.
The stands were constructed between 2019 and 2021, throughout the Covid-19 pandemic, and were ready for use on time during the 2021 season.
Winner – Civic Trust Awards 2023
Client
Marylebone Cricket Club
Location
London
