Royal York Crescent
Encyclopedia
Royal York Crescent is a major residential street in Clifton
, Bristol
. It overlooks much of the docks, and much of the city can be seen from it. It also joins Clifton Village at one end. It is one of the most expensive streets in the city.
A Grade II* listed terrace of 46 houses (most of which are divided into flats
) is on the northeast side of the street for most of its length. Construction of the terrace, which was reputed to be the longest terrace
in Europe
, started in 1791 but it was not completed until 1820.
The crescent
is part of the Clifton conservation area
.
Clifton, Bristol
Clifton is a suburb of the City of Bristol in England, and the name of both one of the city's thirty-five council wards. The Clifton ward also includes the areas of Cliftonwood and Hotwells...
, Bristol
Bristol
Bristol is a city, unitary authority area and ceremonial county in South West England, with an estimated population of 433,100 for the unitary authority in 2009, and a surrounding Larger Urban Zone with an estimated 1,070,000 residents in 2007...
. It overlooks much of the docks, and much of the city can be seen from it. It also joins Clifton Village at one end. It is one of the most expensive streets in the city.
A Grade II* listed terrace of 46 houses (most of which are divided into flats
Apartment
An apartment or flat is a self-contained housing unit that occupies only part of a building...
) is on the northeast side of the street for most of its length. Construction of the terrace, which was reputed to be the longest terrace
Terraced house
In architecture and city planning, a terrace house, terrace, row house, linked house or townhouse is a style of medium-density housing that originated in Great Britain in the late 17th century, where a row of identical or mirror-image houses share side walls...
in Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
, started in 1791 but it was not completed until 1820.
The crescent
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.-See also:* Lansdown Crescent, Bath...
is part of the Clifton conservation area
Conservation area
A conservation areas is a tract of land that has been awarded protected status in order to ensure that natural features, cultural heritage or biota are safeguarded...
.