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'''Camden Crescent''' in [[Bath, Somerset|Bath]], [[Somerset]], England, was built by [[John Eveleigh (architect)|John Eveleigh]] in 1788; it was originally known as Upper Camden Place. Numbers 6 to 21 have been designated as a Grade I [[listed building]]s.<ref name="IoE">{{cite web|url=http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/Details/Default.aspx?id=442386|title=Camden Crescent|work=Images of England|publisher=English Heritage|accessdate=2009-07-26}}</ref><ref name="nhle1-16">{{cite web|title=Nos.6-21 (Consec) and attached railings and vaults|url=https://www.historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1395191|website=National Heritage List for England|publisher=Historic England|accessdate=18 September 2016}}</ref> The other houses are Grade II listed.<ref>{{cite web|title=No.1 and attached railings and vaults|url=https://www.historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1395176|website=National Heritage List for England|publisher=Historic England|accessdate=18 September 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=No.2 and attached railings and vaults|url=https://www.historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1395178|website=National Heritage List for England|publisher=Historic England|accessdate=18 September 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=No.3 and attached railings and vaults|url=https://www.historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1395185|website=National Heritage List for England|publisher=Historic England|accessdate=18 September 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=No.4 and attached railings and vaults|url=https://www.historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1395188|website=National Heritage List for England|publisher=Historic England|accessdate=18 September 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=No.5 and attached railings and vaults|url=https://www.historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1395190|website=National Heritage List for England|publisher=Historic England|accessdate=18 September 2016}}</ref> |
'''Camden Crescent''' in [[Bath, Somerset|Bath]], [[Somerset]], England, was built by [[John Eveleigh (architect)|John Eveleigh]] in 1788; it was originally known as Upper Camden Place. Numbers 6 to 21 have been designated as a Grade I [[listed building]]s.<ref name="IoE">{{cite web|url=http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/Details/Default.aspx?id=442386|title=Camden Crescent|work=Images of England|publisher=English Heritage|accessdate=2009-07-26}}</ref><ref name="nhle1-16">{{cite web|title=Nos.6-21 (Consec) and attached railings and vaults|url=https://www.historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1395191|website=National Heritage List for England|publisher=Historic England|accessdate=18 September 2016}}</ref> The other houses are Grade II listed.<ref>{{cite web|title=No.1 and attached railings and vaults|url=https://www.historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1395176|website=National Heritage List for England|publisher=Historic England|accessdate=18 September 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=No.2 and attached railings and vaults|url=https://www.historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1395178|website=National Heritage List for England|publisher=Historic England|accessdate=18 September 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=No.3 and attached railings and vaults|url=https://www.historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1395185|website=National Heritage List for England|publisher=Historic England|accessdate=18 September 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=No.4 and attached railings and vaults|url=https://www.historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1395188|website=National Heritage List for England|publisher=Historic England|accessdate=18 September 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=No.5 and attached railings and vaults|url=https://www.historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1395190|website=National Heritage List for England|publisher=Historic England|accessdate=18 September 2016}}</ref> |
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The houses are of three storeys, with attics and basements. At the southern end of the crescent the basements are at ground level because of the contours of the land. In 1889 a landslide demolished 9 houses at the east end of the crescent. The remains of the houses were demolished and removed to allow Hedgemead Park to be built.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cityofbath.co.uk/sign/camndencrescent.html|title=Camden Crescent|publisher=City of Bath|accessdate=2009-07-26}}</ref> This means that the central feature of the crescent is no longer in the middle.<ref name="IoE"/> The two paired doors of numbers 16 and 17, at what would have been the centre are beneath a [[pediment]] supported by five [[Corinthian order|Corinthian]] columns.<ref>{{cite web|title=Magnificent Georgian Buildings of Stone|url=http://www.cotswolds.info/places/bath/buildings-of-stone.shtml|publisher=Cotswolds Info|accessdate=18 September 2016}}</ref> The arms of [[Charles Pratt, 1st Earl Camden]], for whom the crescent was named, are on the doorway keystones along with an elephant's head which was his symbol.<ref name="nhle1-16"/><ref>{{cite book|last1=Forsyth|first1=Michael|title=Pevsner Architectural Guides: Bath|date=2003|publisher=Yale University Press|isbn=978-0300101775|page=174}}</ref> |
The houses are of three storeys, with attics and basements. At the southern end of the crescent the basements are at ground level because of the contours of the land. In 1889 a landslide demolished 9 houses at the east end of the crescent. The remains of the houses were demolished and removed to allow Hedgemead Park to be built.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cityofbath.co.uk/sign/camndencrescent.html |title=Camden Crescent |publisher=City of Bath |accessdate=2009-07-26 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080928081951/http://www.cityofbath.co.uk/sign/camndencrescent.html |archivedate=28 September 2008 |df= }}</ref> This means that the central feature of the crescent is no longer in the middle.<ref name="IoE"/> The two paired doors of numbers 16 and 17, at what would have been the centre are beneath a [[pediment]] supported by five [[Corinthian order|Corinthian]] columns.<ref>{{cite web|title=Magnificent Georgian Buildings of Stone|url=http://www.cotswolds.info/places/bath/buildings-of-stone.shtml|publisher=Cotswolds Info|accessdate=18 September 2016}}</ref> The arms of [[Charles Pratt, 1st Earl Camden]], for whom the crescent was named, are on the doorway keystones along with an elephant's head which was his symbol.<ref name="nhle1-16"/><ref>{{cite book|last1=Forsyth|first1=Michael|title=Pevsner Architectural Guides: Bath|date=2003|publisher=Yale University Press|isbn=978-0300101775|page=174}}</ref> |
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In July 1951 Number 1 Camden Crescent was the scene of an abduction when [[John Straffen]] took five-year-old Brenda Goddard and later killed her.<ref>{{Cite book|title= The Trial of John Thomas Straffen |editor1-first= Letitia |editor1-last= Fairfield |editor2-first= Eric P. |editor2-last= Fullbrook |place= London |publisher= William Hodge |year= 1954 |oclc= 222592555|postscript= <!--None-->|isbn= 0-85279-023-6 }}</ref> |
In July 1951 Number 1 Camden Crescent was the scene of an abduction when [[John Straffen]] took five-year-old Brenda Goddard and later killed her.<ref>{{Cite book|title= The Trial of John Thomas Straffen |editor1-first= Letitia |editor1-last= Fairfield |editor2-first= Eric P. |editor2-last= Fullbrook |place= London |publisher= William Hodge |year= 1954 |oclc= 222592555|postscript= <!--None-->|isbn= 0-85279-023-6 }}</ref> |
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| Camden Crescent | |
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| Location | Bath, Somerset, England |
| Coordinates | 51°23′25″N 2°21′41″W / 51.39028°N 2.36139°W |
| Built | 1788 |
| Architect | John Eveleigh |
Listed Building – Grade I | |
| Designated | 12 June 1950[1] |
| Reference no. | 442386 |
  Location of Camden Crescent in Somerset | |
Camden Crescent in Bath, Somerset, England, was built by John Eveleigh in 1788; it was originally known as Upper Camden Place. Numbers 6 to 21 have been designated as a Grade I listed buildings.[1][2] The other houses are Grade II listed.[3][4][5][6][7]
The houses are of three storeys, with attics and basements. At the southern end of the crescent the basements are at ground level because of the contours of the land. In 1889 a landslide demolished 9 houses at the east end of the crescent. The remains of the houses were demolished and removed to allow Hedgemead Park to be built.[8] This means that the central feature of the crescent is no longer in the middle.[1] The two paired doors of numbers 16 and 17, at what would have been the centre are beneath a pediment supported by five Corinthian columns.[9] The arms of Charles Pratt, 1st Earl Camden, for whom the crescent was named, are on the doorway keystones along with an elephant's head which was his symbol.[2][10]
In July 1951 Number 1 Camden Crescent was the scene of an abduction when John Straffen took five-year-old Brenda Goddard and later killed her.[11]
In Jane Austen's Persuasion (novel) the Elliot family rent lodgings on Camden Place as the Crescent was then known.
See also
References
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- ^ a b c "Camden Crescent". Images of England. English Heritage. Retrieved 26 July 2009.
- ^ a b "Nos.6-21 (Consec) and attached railings and vaults". National Heritage List for England. Historic England. Retrieved 18 September 2016.
- ^ "No.1 and attached railings and vaults". National Heritage List for England. Historic England. Retrieved 18 September 2016.
- ^ "No.2 and attached railings and vaults". National Heritage List for England. Historic England. Retrieved 18 September 2016.
- ^ "No.3 and attached railings and vaults". National Heritage List for England. Historic England. Retrieved 18 September 2016.
- ^ "No.4 and attached railings and vaults". National Heritage List for England. Historic England. Retrieved 18 September 2016.
- ^ "No.5 and attached railings and vaults". National Heritage List for England. Historic England. Retrieved 18 September 2016.
- ^ "Camden Crescent". City of Bath. Archived from the original on 28 September 2008. Retrieved 26 July 2009.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ "Magnificent Georgian Buildings of Stone". Cotswolds Info. Retrieved 18 September 2016.
- ^ Forsyth, Michael (2003). Pevsner Architectural Guides: Bath. Yale University Press. p. 174. ISBN 978-0300101775.
- ^ Fairfield, Letitia; Fullbrook, Eric P., eds. (1954). The Trial of John Thomas Straffen. London: William Hodge. ISBN 0-85279-023-6. OCLC 222592555.