Flat with 100ft balcony overlooking Lord's to sell for at least £10m

By JON BRADY, SENIOR NEWS REPORTER Updated: 11:02 BST, 4 June 2026

Fancy the best view of Lord's outside of a Sky Sports package? A once-in-a-lifetime opportunity awaits - but it comes at a hefty price.The penthouse apartment at Lord's View Two - complete with a 100ft terrace overlooking the legendary cricket ground - could be yours if you have the cash.Built at the top of a residential block in the 1990s by businessman Laurence Silman, a lifelong member of Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), the flat boasts unrivalled views of the ground along its northern edge and space for 100 people on the balcony. He recruited the architect Max Clendinning - who worked with Christian Dior and designed Manchester's sweeping Oxford Road station - to design the penthouse from top to bottom after acquiring the 11th floor from a bankrupt property developer.Since its completion it has been used without fail for ostentatious Test match parties - and may have even inspired the owners of next door's Lord's View One to build their own set of penthouses (albeit, with shorter terraces). Every window on the Lord's side stretches from floor to ceiling. On the other side, the flat offers a panoramic view of London's skyline, taking in the London Eye, the BT Tower and the Shard and the City.The front door is even directly opposite the Heyhoe Flint Gate - previously the East Gate - for straightforward access to Lord's, should you tire of the yawning terrace.The flat is being sold off via a sealed bid auction, with bids starting at £10million. The deal includes a smaller one-bed flat on the 10th floor. Interested parties will be able to view it by private appointment.Robert Silman, Laurence's younger brother, hopes the flat will be bought by a cricket lover and used to entertain guests much in the manner of his sibling, who died in 2023 aged 88. Robert Silman on the terrace of the penthouse flat of Lord's View Two, which stretches 100ft and offers unrivalled views of the spiritual home of cricket The flat was built by his older brother Laurence (pictured) - a life-long Marylebone Cricket Club member who envisioned it as the ideal place from which to watch matches Lord's View Two, the block of flats that the terrace tops, sits directly opposite the Heyhoe Flint Gate to Lord's Laurence, a fervent supporter of the elderly loneliness charity Re-Engage, stipulated in his will that the proceeds from any sale of the flat would go to charity. Robert said: 'Laurence saw something in that unfinished rooftop that nobody else did: a place to bring together the people he loved, around the game he loved. 'The terrace became the backdrop to decades of summers measured out in Test matches and ODIs; releasing it now feels like the right moment. 'The charitable element was important to us: it felt right that something built around a love of cricket should give something back to the game.'In this case the proceeds will go to the Launan Charitable Trust, established by Laurence and his wife Nancy, which supports an independent charitable publisher and Bard of Pittsburgh, which supports the staging of plays by black playwrights.The trust gives grants to smaller charities including Keep Publishing Independent, which supports small authors, and a theatre company dedicated to the works of playwright August Wilson, known as the Bard of Pittsburgh.Ten per cent of the proceeds will be donated to the MCC Foundation, which supports grassroots cricket, and five per cent will go to a charity of the buyer's choosing. The Launan Charitable Trust said: 'The decision to link this sale to funding for amateur cricket sends a powerful signal. 'The idea that a private terrace over Lord's can help sustain nets, pitches and coaching sessions across the country speaks to cricket's capacity to connect very different worlds.' The auction comes ahead of one of the busiest summers at Lord's in recent years, with a full programme of men's internationals and major women's global tournaments.Summer's first international should begin today as England's men face New Zealand in their first Test - so long as the rain holds off.