Park Crescent, London

Park Crescent
Much of the north-to-west facing façade of the east half of the crescent in 2009
TypeProtected architecture
Locationsouth of Regent's Park.
Built1812-1821
ArchitectJohn Nash
Architectural style(s)Regency architecture
OwnerCrown Estate
Listed Building – Grade I
Official name98, Portland Place W1
8-14, Park Crescent W1
1-6, Park Crescent W1
Designated5 February 1970[1]
Reference no.1225956
Listed Building – Grade I
Official nameNumbers 18 to 26 (including the former Number 27)
Designated10 September 1954[2]
Reference no.1225959
Listed Building – Grade II
Official nameEast Lodge in Corner of Crescent Gardens
Designated5 February 1970[3]
Reference no.1225957
Listed Building – Grade II
Official nameWest Lodge in Corner of Crescent Gardens
Designated5 February 1970[4]
Reference no.1225960
Listed Building – Grade II
Official nameRailings around Crescent Gardens
Designated5 February 1970[5]
Reference no.1225961
Park Crescent, London is located in City of Westminster
Park Crescent, London
Location of Park Crescent in City of Westminster

Park Crescent is at the north end of Portland Place and south of Marylebone Road in London. The crescent consists of elegant stuccoed terraced houses by the architect John Nash, which form a semicircle. The crescent is part of Nash's and wider town-planning visions of Roman-inspired imperial West End approaches to Regent's Park. It was originally conceived as a circus (circle) to be named Regent's Circus but instead Park Square was built to the north. The only buildings on the Regent's Park side of the square are small garden buildings, enabling higher floors of the Park Crescent buildings to have a longer, green northern view.

It was built under the patronage of the Prince Regent. As the freeholder, the Crown Estate co-organises repairs, maintains the gardens and has a minor, overarching interest, entitled to lease renewal premiums and any agreed ground rents.[6]

Both terraces and the communal garden have statutory protection in the highest, rarest categories. This is Grade I listed status: on the National Heritage List for England and on the Register of Historic Parks and Gardens (as part of Regent's Park).[1][2][7]

  1. ^ 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
  2. ^ a b Historic England, "Numbers 18 to 26 (including the former Number 27) (1225959)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 2 November 2018
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference NHLEEast was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference NHLEWest was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference NHLERailings was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ "Great Capital Partnership sells..." (Press release). June 2013.
  7. ^ Historic England, "Regent's Park (1000246)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 2 November 2018