Royal Crescent is a semi-circular range of Georgian houses built between 1767-75 by John Wood the Younger and with limestone ashlar. It includes thirty houses of three storeys with attics and basements, and the range measures around 152m long and 15m tall. The front elevation of the houses have impressive 6 metre tall Ionic columns that are spaced between each bay and support the continuous frieze above them, counting 114 in the range in total. The image shows most of the cresent, with No. 1 at the end on the right and the 20's around where the photographer was situated. No. 16 is in the middle of the range and has a pair of columns on either side of its central bay, and a large round first floor window, which is just visible in the image. The range has iron gates and fences, and there is a road and green in front of the crescent, with cars parked on the road.
This is part of the Sub Series: UXC01/01/01 Series of 35mm negatives showing English architecture; within the Series: UXC01/01 Series of negatives showing English architecture; within the Collection: UXC01 Ursula Clark Collection
© Historic England Archive
Photographer: Clark, Ursula
Georgian Crescent, Georgian House
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