AN ARSON attack destroyed a shuttered clubhouse at a former Cleckheaton bowls club in an incident attended by five fire crews.

Cleckheaton and Batley crews attended the blaze shortly before 3am yesterday and found the 30 metre by ten metre brick building engulfed in flames.

The unused building beside the old bowling green on Park View still contained furniture including a snooker table, seating and bar fixtures.

An aerial appliance from Bradford and crews from Odsal and Brighouse also attended.

A door at the property had been forced open and police are treating the incident as arson.