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Ha-ha or revetment wall separating the Crescent Gardens from Royal Victoria Park

A Grade II Listed Building in Kingsmead, Bath and North East Somerset

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Latitude: 51.3867 / 51°23'12"N

Longitude: -2.3685 / 2°22'6"W

OS Eastings: 374456

OS Northings: 165356

OS Grid: ST744653

Mapcode National: GBR 0QH.200

Mapcode Global: VH96L.WDRT

Plus Code: 9C3V9JPJ+MJ

Entry Name: Ha-ha or revetment wall separating the Crescent Gardens from Royal Victoria Park

Listing Date: 15 October 2010

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1394757

English Heritage Legacy ID: 510162

ID on this website: 101394757

Location: Kingsmead, Bath and North East Somerset, Somerset, BA1

County: Bath and North East Somerset

Parish: Non Civil Parish

Built-Up Area: Bath

Traditional County: Somerset

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Somerset

Church of England Parish: Bath St Michael Without

Church of England Diocese: Bath and Wells

Tagged with: Ha-ha

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ROYAL VICTORIA PARK
Ha-ha or revetment wall separating the Crescent Gardens from Royal Victoria Park

GV
II
Revetment wall that creates ha-ha between Crescent Gardens and Victoria Park. c1774-77. Wall of squared, coursed limestone rubble approximately 1.5m high and extends approximately 180m from west to east.

HISTORY: the ha-ha, built to keep livestock at a respectful distance from the Crescent while retaining them in the view, is shown on Thomas Malton's engraving of completed Royal Crescent of 1777. The deliberately rough masonry finish was presumably intended to harmonise with the Arcadian character of the pastureland on which it bordered.

SOURCES: Lees-Milne J and Ford D: Images of Bath: London: 1982-.

Listing NGR: ST7445665356

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