Aerial view of the Royal Crescent

Royal Crescent, seen from a hot air balloon. The contrast between the architectural style of the public front and the private rear of this terrace is interesting

The Royal Crescent is a notable residential road of 30 houses, laid out in a crescent, in the city of Bath, England. It was designed by the architect John Wood the Younger and built between 1767 and 1774. It is amongst the greatest examples of Georgian architecture to be found in the United Kingdom and is a grade I listed building.^[1] An aerial view of Baths Royal York Crescent. ... An aerial view of Baths Royal York Crescent. ... ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (1800x1372, 510 KB) Royal Crescent (Bath, England) viewed from a hot air balloon, on a dull September evening. ... ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (1800x1372, 510 KB) Royal Crescent (Bath, England) viewed from a hot air balloon, on a dull September evening. ... Hot air balloon in flight Hot air balloons are the oldest successful human carrying flight technology, dating back to the Montgolfier brothers invention in Annonay, France in 1783. ... Royal Crescent, Bath. ... Bath is a city in Somerset, England most famous for its baths fed by three hot springs. ... Motto (French) God and my right Anthem No official anthem - the  United Kingdom anthem God Save the Queen is commonly used England() – on the European continent() – in the United Kingdom() Capital (and largest city) London (de facto) Official languages English (de facto) Unified  -  by Athelstan 927 AD  Area  -  Total 130... John Wood, the Younger (February 25, 1728, Bath-June 18, 1782, Batheaston) was an English architect, working principally in the city of Bath, England. ... 1767 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Chesma Column in Tsarskoe Selo, commemorating the end of the Russo-Turkish War. ... A Georgian house in Salisbury Georgian architecture is the name given in English-speaking countries to the architectural styles current between about 1720 and 1840, named after the four British monarchs named George. ... Buckingham Palace, a Grade I listed building. ...

Together with his father John Wood, the Elder, John Wood the Younger was interested in occult and masonic symbolism; perhaps their creation of largest scale was their joint design of the Royal Crescent and the nearby Circus (originally called "the King's Circus"), which from the air can be observed to be a giant circle and crescent, symbolising the soleil-lune, the sun and moon. John Wood (1704- May 23, 1754, Bath), also named Wood of Bath, was an English architect. ... The Circus The Circus is a famous Georgian feature in the city of Bath. ...

The houses in the Crescent are a mixture of tenures — most are privately owned but a substantial minority of the property is owned by a housing association. Many of the houses in the Crescent have been split into flats.

Number 1 Royal Crescent is a museum, maintained by the Bath Preservation Trust, which illustrates how wealthy owners of the period might have furnished such a house.^[2]

The Royal Crescent Hotel occupies the central properties of the Crescent, numbers 15 and 16.

The area of Royal Victoria Park near the Crescent is a popular location for the launch of hot air balloons. Launches take place in summer, typically early morning or late evening.

The road is one of the best known landmarks of Georgian Bath and for many years residents had to put up with tour buses passing their houses every few minutes during the summer. In recent years, however, the road has been closed to coaches and buses.

In 2003, Time Team (series 10, episode 7) dug the Royal Crescent in search of a Roman cemetery and the Fosse Way. Time Team is a popular British television series explaining the process of archaeology for the layman in the UK. Broadcast by Channel 4, the programme was first shown in 1994, and is presented by Tony Robinson. ... The Fosse Way was a Roman road in England which linked Exeter (Isca Dumnoniorum) in South West England, to Lincoln (Lindum) in the East Midlands, via Bath (Aquae Sulis), Cirencester (Corinium) and Leicester (Ratae Coritanorum). ...

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A hot air balloon launching in front of the Royal Crescent Bath Royal Crescent and Hot Air Baloon. ... Hot air balloon in flight Hot air balloons are the oldest successful human carrying flight technology, dating back to the Montgolfier brothers invention in Annonay, France in 1783. ...

Royal Crescent (at Night) Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 245 pixelsFull resolution (4260 × 1305 pixel, file size: 892 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Panorama of the Royal Crescent at night. ...

References

1. ^ Royal Crescent. Images of England. Retrieved on 2006-11-14.
2. ^ No 1 Royal Crescent. Images of England. Retrieved on 2006-11-14.

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External links

• Bath Preservation Trust
• Royal Crescent in Bath Independent article and photos about the crescent
• 360° Movie of The Royal Crescent

Coordinates: 51.387° N 2.368° W Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...