Built in the 1930s the pavillion and kiosk were designed to provide clubroom facilities for the extant tennis courts, lawn bowling green and the now long decommissioned open-air swimming baths of 1905.
Still partly in use, but in a poor state of repair, it is shrouded in razorwire intended to deter vandals and thieves. This measure has only been partly successful as the building has been daubed in graffiti, including a large piece of "urban art". Although this was unsolicited, it has been meekly welcomed by the local bowls club, reflecting the areas contemporary predilection for street art.
The graffiti as a whole has been described, diplomatically if not amusingly as "not to everyone's taste" in the city councils park management plan. The same plan that makes reference to proposed improvements. But with only £1300 spent on its upkeep in the year preceeding publication, the allocation of £250,000 hints at replacement rather than refurbishment. Sadly, the days of this stocky little fellow may well be numbered.
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