Summertime In Bath
Sunbathers, tourists and residents soaking up the late summer sun on the green in front of the Royal Crescent in bath.
The 18th century Royal Crescent was the work of architect John Wood the Younger, to the design of his father.
Dating from the Georgian period and built between 1767 and 1774, it was the first crescent in Bath – and England – with its giant Ionic columns marking it out as Palladian in style.
The shape of the street is believed to have been inspired by either the Colosseum in Rome or by the New Moon, complimenting the sun-like shape of the King’s Circus, which was built a decade earlier.
As was typical at the time, the architects only designed and oversaw construction of the front of the houses, with the rear built by those who bought the properties and thus lacking the same uniformity.
The crescent was laid out to embrace the open landscape on the slopes below.
Summertime In Bath
Sunbathers, tourists and residents soaking up the late summer sun on the green in front of the Royal Crescent in bath.
The 18th century Royal Crescent was the work of architect John Wood the Younger, to the design of his father.
Dating from the Georgian period and built between 1767 and 1774, it was the first crescent in Bath – and England – with its giant Ionic columns marking it out as Palladian in style.
The shape of the street is believed to have been inspired by either the Colosseum in Rome or by the New Moon, complimenting the sun-like shape of the King’s Circus, which was built a decade earlier.
As was typical at the time, the architects only designed and oversaw construction of the front of the houses, with the rear built by those who bought the properties and thus lacking the same uniformity.
The crescent was laid out to embrace the open landscape on the slopes below.