Park Crescent, London
Park Crescent | |
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Type | Protected architecture |
Location | south of Regent's Park. |
Built | 1812-1821 |
Architect | John Nash |
Architectural style(s) | Regency architecture |
Owner | Crown Estate |
Listed Building – Grade I | |
Official name | 98, Portland Place W1 8-14, Park Crescent W1 1-6, Park Crescent W1 |
Designated | 5 February 1970[1] |
Reference no. | 1225956 |
Listed Building – Grade I | |
Official name | Numbers 18 to 26 (including the former Number 27) |
Designated | 10 September 1954[2] |
Reference no. | 1225959 |
Listed Building – Grade II | |
Official name | East Lodge in Corner of Crescent Gardens |
Designated | 5 February 1970[3] |
Reference no. | 1225957 |
Listed Building – Grade II | |
Official name | West Lodge in Corner of Crescent Gardens |
Designated | 5 February 1970[4] |
Reference no. | 1225960 |
Listed Building – Grade II | |
Official name | Railings around Crescent Gardens |
Designated | 5 February 1970[5] |
Reference no. | 1225961 |
Park Crescent is at the north end of
It was built under the patronage of the
Both terraces and the communal garden have statutory protection in the highest, rarest categories. This is
History
At an early stage, Nash proposed the construction of a "circus" (meaning a circular development), entailing another crescent to the north, but Park Square was constructed instead. Work on Park Crescent started in 1806, but in the difficult economic conditions of the
The interiors of the buildings have been completely rebuilt. After the Second World War, Park Crescent was in poor condition (as were other Nash terraces near Regent's Park). The Gorell Report on the future of the Regent's Park terraces recommended that the facades of Park Crescent should be saved.
The Crescent has housed institutions such as
Garden
The semicircle is divided into two halves by Portland Place. Between the arms of the crescent is a private garden, which is recognised as being of historic interest. (The
The garden is opened each year as part of the London Open Garden Squares Weekend, an initiative of the
The east and west lodges of the garden facing the
Statue
Just inside the garden railings, facing the top of Portland Place, is a bronze statue of Queen Victoria's father, Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn.[15] Sculpted by Sebastian Gahagan and installed in January 1824, the statue is seven feet two inches tall and represents the Duke in his Field Marshal's uniform, over which he wears his ducal dress and the regalia of the Order of the Garter.[16]
Related structures
Mews
There are mews behind the crescent; Park Crescent Mews East and West.
Subterranean structures
- A large ice house predates the crescent.[17]
- An unusual and original local feature is the "Nursemaids' Tunnel", an early example of an underpass, linking the gardens of Park Crescent to the gardens of Park Square on the other side of Marylebone Road.[18]
- Regent's Park tube station has two ramps/stairs but a sole entrance, on the Marylebone Road side of the garden.
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Regent's Circus (top) as originally conceived in 1814.
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Painting showing an old name: The Crescent, Portland Place by Rudolph Ackermann, 1822.
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Statue cast in 1824 of Prince Edward, Duke of Kent by Sebastian Gahagan.
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A map showing the Park Crescent ward of St Marylebone Metropolitan Borough as it appeared in 1916; noteequal apportionmentof voters, so each has a fair total of voters or residents to councillors. For a few, London's are turned to for self-identity, rivalling postcodes, the original Anglican parish scheme, key amenities such as Tube stations or similar zones of housing; but they can be completely redrawn and renamed.
References
- ^ a b Historic England, "98, Portland Place W1, 8-14, Park Crescent W1, 1-6, Park Crescent W1 (1225956)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 2 November 2018
- ^ a b Historic England, "Numbers 18 to 26 (including the former Number 27) (1225959)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 2 November 2018
- ^ a b Historic England, "East Lodge in Corner of Crescent Gardens (1225957)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 2 November 2018
- ^ a b Historic England, "East Lodge in Corner of Crescent Gardens (1225960)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 2 November 2018
- ^ a b Historic England, "Railings around Crescent Gardens (1225961)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 2 November 2018
- ^ a b "Great Capital Partnership sells..." (Press release). June 2013.
- ^ Historic England, "Regent's Park (1000246)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 2 November 2018
- ^ page 183, John Nash A complete catalogue, Michael Mansbridge, 1991, Phaidon Press
- ^ "No. 25300". The London Gazette. 28 December 1883. p. 6687.
- ^ "NASH TERRACES around Regent´s Park". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). 1957.
- ^ Birch2021-04-16T05:00:00+01:00, Amanda. "Ahead of the curve: Park Crescent rebuilt". Building. Retrieved 8 November 2023.
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- ^ "Park Crescent". London Gardens Online.
- ^ Historic England, "Cattle trough on gardenside pavement, opposite number 14 (1225958)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 2 November 2018
- ^ Statue: Prince Edward Duke of Kent, London remembers website
- ^ Lives & Portraits of Public Characters. Vol. 3. London: J. Cumberland. 1828. p. 50.
- ^ Addley, Esther (December 2018). "Chilling discovery: ice house".
- ^ Park Square NW1 Archived 2 March 2018 at the Wayback Machine, Open Garden Squares.