Cornwallis Crescent is a late 18th-century crescent of 24

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town houses, located between York Gardens and Cornwallis Avenue in the

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area of Bristol. The postcode is within the

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and Harbourside ward and electoral division, which is in the constituency of

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. The crescent, with private communal gardens, is located within the

conservation area, The area has Grade II buildings and has mid

style which are constructed in brick with a

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ashlar front and the rear of render over brick with limestone dressings. It has a slate mansard half-hipped roof. Each three-storey house has an attic and basement which has a double-depth plan.

History

Building work on Cornwallis Crescent started in 1791, possibly under

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, but stopped in 1793 due to the bankruptcy of the developers. It was officially completed by 1827. The communal gardens in the east and west part of the Crescent were completed in 1880. There is a

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at 31 Cornwallis Crescent, where philanthropist

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and hymnologist Catherine Winkworth used to live. The

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and the

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are close by.

References

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