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 Royal Cresent, The Royal Crescent Bath, Co. Bristol and Bath
A fine example of the Georgian splendour of Bath , No. 1 Royal Crescent is an attractively restored house situated on one of the most famous addresses in Bath.
 Aerial view of the Royal Cresent
The Royal Crescent, a great arch of 30 terraced houses begun in 1767, were the crowning glory in John Wood the Younger’s architectural career and are a designated World Heritage building. This was the first terrace of its kind anywhere in the world, a graceful crescent of perfect proportions with a façade of huge Ionic columns and a Palladian cornice. Here lived the upper crust of Bath society, such as the writer and playwright Richard Sheridan, who in 1772, scandalously eloped with Elizabeth Linley, the girl from No.11. No.1 has been carefully and authentically restored to the opulent splendour its wealthy residents would have been accustomed to with Chippendale and Sheraton furnishings, fine porcelain, 18th Century glass and an interesting recreation of an 18th Century kitchen and servants' quarters.
Staff dressed in period costumes add to the whole historical pastiche. The Royal Crescent overlooks the Royal Victoria Park, a perfect suntrap on a warm sunny day, which include the Georgian Gardens and Botanical Gardens. A stroll further down Brock Street brings you to the Circus, another fine achievement of Georgian architecture, this time from John Wood the Elder. The Circus is a tight circle of identical elegant town houses in which lived such notables as Thomas Gainsborough and David Livingston.
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