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The Royal Crescent met the individual requirements
of wealthy and distinguished visitors to Bath and accordingly
master craftsmen were responsible for the interior decoration
to designs drawn from the many pattern books published
at the time.
The foundation stone of Number 1 Royal Crescent was
laid in 1767 and the house first leased to Thomas Brock
in 1769. Among subsequent distinguished occupants, records
show that the Duke of York, second son of George III,
'engaged the first house in the Royal Crescent' in 1776.
By 1968 'Number 1' was a lodging house and had fallen
into disrepair. Major Bernard Cayzer, a member of the
shipping family, acquired the house and gave it to The
Bath Preservation Trust, who in turn provided funds
for it's restoration. The house is now the headquarters
of the Trust.
Only materials available in the 18th century were used.
Visitors can now see a grand town house redecorated
and furnished to show how it might have appeared in
the late 18th century.
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