Work has begun on Rolfe Judd’s £26m redevelopment at the Oval now that the cricket season – and the last Ashes Test – is over.

The scheme at the south London home of Surrey County Cricket Club involves demolishing the existing Lock Laker Stand and another single-storey building, before building a three-storey spectator stand.

The new scheme, One Oval Square, will feature two new roof terraces floating over the existing Peter May Stand, which the architect also designed, increasing the capacity of the ground by 2,303 seats to 28,000.

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