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Crescent (architecture)

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Crescent (architecture)

A crescent is an architectural structure where a number of houses, normally terraced houses, are laid out in an arc to form of a crescent shape. A famous historic crescent is the Royal Crescent in Bath, England.

Examples

The following are examples of architectural crescents:

  • Bofills båge, Stockholm, Sweden, by architect Ricardo Bofill
  • The Crescent, Limerick, Ireland, double Georgian style crescent
  • Grove Crescent, Camberwell Grove, Camberwell, London
  • Lansdown Crescent, Bath, England
  • Park Circus, Glasgow, Scotland
  • Park Crescent, Brighton, England
  • Park Town, Oxford, England
  • Royal Crescent, Brighton, England
  • Somerset Place, Bath, England
  • Wellington Crescent, Ramsgate, England
  • Tontine Crescent, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

    • References

    Crescent (architecture) Wikipedia
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