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