| Berkeley Crescent | |
|---|---|
 Berkeley Crescent Bristol | |
  Location in Bristol | |
| General information | |
| Location | Bristol, England |
| Coordinates | 51°27′21″N2°36′32″W / 51.455898°N 2.6088854°W |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | Paty |
Berkeley Crescent is a late 18th-century crescent of six Georgian houses with a private communal garden.
It was designed by Thomas Paty (1713–1789) in 1787 and completed in c. 1800, possibly by his son, William Paty (1758–1800). [1] It was originally intended to be part of Berkeley Square. In the 14th century, the site was known as Bartholomew Close. [2]
Numbers 1–6 cover the south and east side of the crescent. The site is designated by the National Heritage List for England: Listed Building Grade II*. The houses are in the mid-Georgian style, constructed in brick with limestone dressings and a slate mansard roof. Each three-storey house has an attic and basement which has a double-depth plan. [3] [4] There is a raised flagged pavement with steps at each end. [5]
The Crescent is located within the Park Street & Brandon Hill conservation area [6] between Berkeley Square and the Triangle in the Clifton area of Bristol. The postcode is within the Hotwells and Harbourside ward and electoral division, which is in the constituency of Bristol West. [7] Quarter runs serviced apartments, called Berkeley Suites at 6 Berkeley Crescent. The old Lyndale Hotel was situated at the end of the terrace at 19 Berkeley Square. [8] [9]
The Bristol Museum and Art Gallery, Cabot Tower in Brandon Hill Park, and the Wills Memorial Building of the University of Bristol is close by. [10] The Crescent was formerly in the parish of St Augustine the Less and is now in the parish of St. Stephen with St. James and St. John the Baptist with St. Michael, Bristol and St. George Bristol. [11]
Clifton is both a suburb of Bristol, England, and the name of one of the city's thirty-five council wards. The Clifton ward also includes the areas of Cliftonwood and Hotwells. The eastern part of the suburb lies within the ward of Clifton Down.
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Hotwells is a district of the English port city of Bristol. It is located to the south of and below the high ground of Clifton, and directly to the north of the Floating Harbour. The southern entrance to the Avon Gorge, which connects the docks to the sea, lies at the western end of Hotwells. The eastern end of the area is at the roundabout where Jacobs Well Road meets Hotwell Road. Hotwells is split between the city wards of Clifton, and Hotwells and Harbourside.
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There are 212 Grade II* listed buildings in Bristol, England.
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Hotwells and Harbourside is one of the thirty-four council wards in the city of Bristol in the Southwest of England, United Kingdom.
