Royal Crescent was laid out by Robert Cantwell in 1846. Its form represents a modest variation of the earlier crescent plans of Bath and Regents Park. Its layout occupies the western part of the Norland Estate complementing Norland Square in the eastern part.
Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
W11, Royal Crescent
Blue Cantwell to left of gate, round Dun to right.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Royal Crescent - Cantwell
Laid out the Norland Estate and designed the Royal Crescent there. Died at h...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Royal Crescent - Cantwell
The borough was formed in 1965 by the merging of the separate former boroughs...
This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
Royal Crescent - Cantwell
The business had just moved out when the building was destroyed by a WW2 bomb.
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This 1910 Town Hall is by Percy Robinson with W. Alban Jones. Sculpture is by Henry Poole. The 1939 eastern extension is by E. C. P. Monson.
In 1315 a large area known as Bunhill Fields was leased to the City of London, probably to be used, amongst other things, for archery pra...
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