Buxton Crescent | |
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Alternative names | The Crescent |
General information | |
Town or city | Buxton, Derbyshire |
Country | England |
Coordinates | 53°15′32″N 1°54′50″W / 53.259°N 1.914°W |
Construction started | 1780 |
Completed | 1789 |
Client | Fifth Duke of Devonshire |
Design and construction | |
Architect(s) | John Carr |
Listed Building – Grade I | |
Official name | The Crescent |
Designated | 25 January 1951 |
Reference no. | 1257876[1] |
Buxton Crescent is a Grade-I-listed building in the town of Buxton, Derbyshire, England.[1] It owes much to the Royal Crescent in Bath, but has been described by the Royal Institution of British Architects as "more richly decorated and altogether more complex".[2] It was designed by the architect John Carr of York, and built for the 5th Duke of Devonshire between 1780 and 1789.[1] In 2020, following a multi-year restoration and redevelopment project supported by the National Heritage Memorial Fund and Derbyshire County Council, The Crescent was reopened as a 5-star spa hotel.[3]