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Royal Crescent - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (280 words)
	The Royal Crescent is an exclusive residential road of 30 houses, laid out in a crescent, in the city of Bath, England.
	Number 1 Royal Crescent is a museum which exhibits how wealthy owners of the period might have furnished such a house.
	The Royal Crescent is a popular location for the launch of hot air balloons, which takes place in the summer, typically early morning or late evening.

Bath Preservation Trust: No.1 Royal Crescent (222 words)
	The Royal Crescent was built to the designs of John Wood the Younger between 1767 and 1774.
	The houses of the Royal Crescent were designed to the individual requirements of wealthy and distinguished visitors to Bath and master craftsmen were responsible for the interior decoration, using designs drawn from the many pattern books published at the time.
	The foundation stone of Number 1 Royal Crescent was laid in 1767 and the house first leased to Thomas Brock in 1769.

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