Widcombe Crescent, Bath

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Widcombe Crescent
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Location Bath, Somerset, England
Coordinates 51°22′30″N2°20′59″W / 51.37500°N 2.34972°W / 51.37500; -2.34972
Built1808
Architect Thomas Baldwin
Architectural style(s) Georgian
Listed Building – Grade I
Official nameNumbers 1 to 14
Designated12 June 1950 [1]
Reference no.444033
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Location of Widcombe Crescent in Somerset

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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References

  1. 1 2 "Number 1 to 14". Images of England. English Heritage. Archived from the original on 18 October 2012. Retrieved 3 September 2009.
  2. Portrait of Bath by John Haddon, 1982, Robert Hale, London, p. 152-153.