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Lansdown Crescent

Name: Lansdown Crescent
Address: Bath, England, GB

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Mark

April 30, 2021

Lansdown Crescent was designed by John Palmer and constructed between 1789 and 1793. The buildings have a clear view over central Bath, being sited on Lansdown Hill near to, but higher than, other well-known Georgian buildings including the Royal Crescent and The Circus. It forms the central part of a string of curved terraces, including Lansdown Place East and West, and Somerset Place, which were the northernmost boundary of the development of Georgian Bath. The crescent is a grade I listed building comprising 20 houses, each originally having four floors together with servants' quarters in the basement. It is arranged as a concave crescent, and is flanked by Lansdown Place West and Lansdown Place East, both convex crescents and grade II listed buildings in their own right. The two central houses, Nos 10 & 11, have a paired entrance with four Tuscan columns with a cornice and frieze above them. The central point between the windows of the first floor has a blind niche. There is also an archway connecting 20 Lansdown Crescent and 1 Lansdown Place West, which is thought to date from the time that William Beckford owned both properties. Beckford bought a house in The Crescent in 1822, and added a further two houses to form his residence. Having acquired all the land between his home and the top of Lansdown Hill, north of the city centre, he created a garden over half a mile in length and built Beckford's Tower at the top (see Beckford’s Tower & Museum). An unexploded bomb which had been dropped during the Bath Blitz of World War II was discovered in 2016 during the development of Hope House and Hope Place, which required evacuation of the residents while it was made safe and then removed.

Jenny

July 30, 2020

Lansdown Crescent and Somerset Place are traditional Bath crescents on the North side of Bath which are less touristy and beautiful examples of their period.