No. 1 Royal Crescent
No. 1 Royal Crescent
No. 1 Royal Crescent is a superb example of how Bath was developed in the 18th Century. It was built to the designs of John Wood the Younger in 1767 – 1774 as the first house in the Royal Crescent, a Bath stone crescent of thirty houses with a uniform Palladian design to the principal facade. The open view in front of the Royal Crescent, a key element to the design, has been altered by the subsequent development of Bath but partly preserved in the form of what is now Royal Victoria Park and a small semi-circular lawn in the ownership of the Royal Crescent residents.
The building has been decorated and furnished as it might have been during the period 1776-1796. The rooms feature historic furniture, pictures and objects that form the museum collection of No. 1 Royal Crescent. We are also very fortunate to have a number of objects on loan from private lenders as well as from the following institutions:
- Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution
- Holburne Museum, Bath
- Lady Lever Art Gallery, National Museums and Galleries on Merseyside
- National Portrait Gallery
- National Trust
- The Royal Bath and West of England Society
- Tate
- Temple Newsam House, Leeds City Council
- Victoria and Albert Museum
- Victoria Art Gallery, Bath and North East Somerset Council
- Worshipful Company of Furniture Makers / The Frederick Parker Collection
Winner - Best Large Visitor Attraction - Bath in 2014