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 The Royal Crescent by sue_stone
The townhouses overlook a large private lawn, which appeared to be filled with tourists ignoring the private property sign, when I was there.
I had seen so many photos of the Royal Crescent, that I felt a bit disappointed when I saw it. Perhaps it was just the grey weather. Leave a Comment Directions: Via Brock Street, along from The Circus
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The Royal Crescent is 30 Georgian houses, laid out in a crescent, built between 1767 and 1774. The architect was John Wood the Younger, who completed the Circus in Bath upon his father's death.
A citation in Wikipedia claims that Wood the Younger and Wood the Elder were interested in the occult and the Masonic Temple and that from overhead the Royal Crescent and Circus symbolize the sun and moon and that the Circus, Gay Street and Queens Square form a key shape which is also a Masonic symbol. As I won't be flying over Bath anytime soon I can't verify this but I thought it was an interesting bit of either trivia or speculation.
Number 1 Royal Crescent is a museum, maintained by the Bath Preservation Trust, where you can see a town house redecorated and furnished to show how it might have appeared in the late 18th century. It was closed for the season when we were there, but our guide said it was well worth a visit. Leave a Comment
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 The Royal Crescent by mardaska
Number 1 was designed by John Wood the Younger as part of his masterpiece and was the first house to be built in the Royal Crescent. The house has been restored and redecorated in order to show how it might have appeared in the late eighteenth century. Leave a Comment Phone: 01225 428126
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The Royal Crescent is possibly the best known of Bath’s elegant Georgian Streets and its most striking. The harmonious parade of 30 houses was designed by the architect John Wood the Younger and built between 1767 and 1774.
Today most of the houses are privately owned, and many of them broken into flats, but the harmonious appearance is retained, and the views out across Royal Victoria Park must make this one of the most desirable addresses in the city. The central few houses are however a hotel, if you fancy a taste of this exclusivity (at a high price, I imagine, and Number 1 (the first house you come to if approaching from the city centre and Circus) is a museum, maintained by the Bath Preservation Trust, which illustrates how wealthy owners of the period might have furnished and lived in such a house. I didn’t go inside on this occasion, as my time was limited and I had been before, but I remember it as offering a great introduction to life in Georgian and Regency times. Directions: Follow my directions to the Circus and then walk west on Brock Street
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 Can't see the fence? Ha ha. by iandsmith
What I can tell you to make you laugh is what happened on the day I planned to go to Bath and I approached my Eastern European hotel manager, like all staff obviously hired for a lower price than normal. Anyhow, the conversation went exactly like this:
"I want to go to Bath"
"Problem with bath?"
"No, I want to go to Bath."
............10 second pause........
"Which room you are in?"
"No, the town, the city, Bath!!"
Basil Fawlty would have understood. Leave a Comment
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 City of Bath as seen from the
"Noble Cliffs" by VinceTravellerLeave a Comment
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Royal Crescent was built between 1767 and 1775, numbering 30 houses built in the trademark honey stone of Bath with a facade of columns. In front of the crescent is a grass area which now extends into Victoria Park. The houses are still as fashionable today as they were then.
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 by sourbugger
The Royal Crescent consists of thirty houses. Some have described it as a half-Colosseum. The structure uses Ionic columns on high bases. The idea of blocks of town houses like this and the Circus was very influential.
The road is now a cul-de-sac, and although superb in architectural terms, I somehow found it lacked a 'certain something' in terms of visual impact.
What did suprise me however, was the view. The Cresent affords a great view out over the city. Leave a Comment Address: Royal CresentDirections: About half a mile from the centre - well signposted
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 Royal Crescent by BadieLeave a Comment Directions: All the tour busses pass this point. I strongly recommend all tourists to buy one of the hop-on-hop-off tickets (valid 24hrs) and take a few trips around through the day...
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 by Sharon
Just relax and walk around, the streets & the houses are very beautiful and everything around is really relaxing. Leave a Comment
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