Camden Crescent, Bath

Camden Crescent
Location: Bath, Somerset, England
Coordinates:
Built: 1788
Architect: John Eveleigh
Listed Building – Grade I
Designated: 12 June, 1950[1]
Reference #: 442386
Location of Camden Crescent in Somerset

Camden Crescent in Bath, Somerset, England was built by John Eveleigh in 1788. Numbers 6 to 21 have been designated as a Grade I listed building.[1]

In 1889 a landslide demolished 9 houses at the east end of the crescent. The remains of the houses were demolished and removed to allow Hedgemead Park to be built.[2] This means that the central feature of the crescent is no longer in middle.[1]

In July 1951 Number 1 Camden Crescent was the scene of an abduction when John Straffen took five-year-old Brenda Goddard and later killed her.[3]

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References

  1. ^ a b c "Camden Crescent". Images of England. English Heritage. http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/Details/Default.aspx?id=442386. Retrieved 2009-07-26. 
  2. ^ "Camden Crescent". City of Bath. http://www.cityofbath.co.uk/sign/camndencrescent.html. Retrieved 2009-07-26. 
  3. ^ Fairfield, Letitia; Fullbrook, Eric P., eds (1954). The Trial of John Thomas Straffen. London: William Hodge. ISBN 0852790236. OCLC 222592555