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The Lord's Pavilion is a cricket pavilion at Lord's Cricket Ground in London, England. It was designed by Thomas Verity. It was built in 1889-90 and is also a Grade II Listed building. It is owned by Marylebone Cricket Club but is also used by Middlesex County Cricket Club and the England national cricket team.

History
The current pavilion was built in 1890 at a cost of £21,000 after the original pavilion was destroyed by fire in 1825.

Until 1999 excluding Queen Elizabeth II, women were not permitted to enter the pavilion during play as they were not permitted to be members of the MCC. The change to allow women to become members of the MCC was made in 1998 after a second ballot passing with a two-thirds majority however, one bar in the pavilion was kept as male exclusive on an "experimental" basis.

In 2004, the pavilion was closed in order to undergo a £8.2 million refurbishment involving building seating on the roof and redecorating the Long Room.

The only batsman to hit a ball over the top of the pavilion was Albert Trott in 1889. In 2010, Somerset County Cricket Club captain, Marcus Trescothick was reportedly offered £1,000,000 to hit a six over the pavilion. In 2011, England wicket-keeper Matt Prior accidently broke a window in the pavilion which injured a spectator by throwing a glove at a kitbag which disturbed some nearby bats.

Rules
When Lord's is hosting a Test match, only members of the MCC are permitted in the pavilion however, for all other matches, members of Middlesex and their opponents are also permitted in the pavilion with the option to bring in two guests. This policy has been criticised by some MCC members who complained that the dress code was being flouted on Twenty20 matchdays by member's guests.

The dress code in The Pavilion is notoriously strict. Men are required to wear suits or military dress and women are required to wear blouses.

Honours Boards
The Pavilion houses both the home and away team dressing rooms. If a players manages to score a century or take 5 wickets in a Test match, their names are placed on the Lord's honours board in the dressing rooms with England players in the home dressing room and all other nationalities in the away dressing room. It is considered by players as a high honour and is desirable as several players such as Shane Warne and Sachin Tendulkar failed to make the honours board.