Record Details
NHER Number: | 43024 |
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Type of record: | Building |
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Name: | Tennis Pavilion at Wellesley Recreation Ground |
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Summary
A tennis pavilion designed in 1890 by J.W. Cockrill. The pavilion is built of red brick with an open verandah.
Images - none
Location
Grid Reference: | TG 53023 08054 |
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Map Sheet: | TG50NW |
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Parish: | GREAT YARMOUTH, GREAT YARMOUTH, NORFOLK |
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Full description
May 2000. Listed, Grade II.
Listing Description:
"Tennis pavilion. 1890 by J.W. Cockrill, the Borough Engineer. Red brick with applied timber studs and rails forming rendered panels; machine tile roof to enclosed part, corrugated asbestos to verandah.
PLAN: rectangular, with canted east and west ends, a central cross gable and an open verandah to the north.
EXTERIOR: one storey. North elevation with 9 bays of open verandah, the centre three bays broken forward, and all supported by square timber posts with solid scrolled braces and chamfered corners. Centre of north elevation broken forward and with central half-glazed double doors...Timbered gable above...Rear with gentlemen's public urinal of glazed brick, roofed with acetate sheet. Blocked doorway into pavilion.
INTERIOR: Three rooms. East and west rooms are changing rooms, the latter with low lockers doubling as bench seats, the east room with toilet facilities behind a modesty screen...Centre room with a timber counter. All rooms lined with timber planks.
Forms a group with the Grandstand [NHER 34128] and Ticket Office [NHER 43025]."
Information from (S1).
Please consult the National Heritage List for England (S1) for the current listing details.
A. Cattermole (NLA), 25 January 2006. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 14 March 2022.
Monument Types
- PAVILION (19th Century to 21st Century - 1890 AD to 2100 AD)
- TENNIS COURT (19th Century to 21st Century - 1890 AD to 2100 AD)
Associated Finds - none
Protected Status
Sources and further reading
--- | Designation: English Heritage. 1994? -2011?. English Heritage Digital Designation Record. Record. DNF1007. |
<S1> | Designation: Historic England. National Heritage List for England. List Entry 1380280. |
Related records
MNO11782 | Related to: Tennis Pavilion at Wellesley Recreation Ground Wellesley Road GREAT YARMOUTH (Revoked) |
43025 | Related to: Ticket Office at Wellesley Recreation Ground (Building) |
34128 | Related to: Wellesley Road Grandstand (Building) |