Ha-ha or revetment wall separating the Crescent Gardens from Royal Victoria Park is a Grade II listed building in the Bath and North East Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 October 2010. Revetment wall.
Ha-ha or revetment wall separating the Crescent Gardens from Royal Victoria Park
- WRENN ID
- sacred-sill-vale
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bath and North East Somerset
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 October 2010
- Type
- Revetment wall
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
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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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