Widcombe Crescent, Bath Explained

Widcombe Crescent
Coordinates:51.375°N -2.3497°W
Location:Bath, Somerset, England
Built:1808
Architect:Thomas Baldwin
Architecture:Georgian
Designation1:Grade I Listed Building
Designation1 Offname:Numbers 1 to 14
Designation1 Date:12 June 1950
Designation1 Number:444033

Widcombe Crescent in Bath, Somerset, England is a terrace of 14 Georgian houses built in 1808 by Thomas Baldwin, and designated a Grade I listed building.[1]

The three-storey houses, which have mansard roofs, are stepped up from either side to central 2 houses which project slightly.

Famous residents include Sir James Brooke, the 'White Rajah' of Sarawak in Borneo, who lived in Number 1 from 1831–1834.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Number 1 to 14. https://web.archive.org/web/20121018034010/http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/Details/Default.aspx?id=444033. dead. 2012-10-18. Images of England. English Heritage. 2009-09-03.
  2. Portrait of Bath by John Haddon, 1982, Robert Hale, London, p. 152-153.