The Crescent, Buxton
Buxton Crescent is a Grade I-listed architectural landmark in Buxton, Derbyshire. The Royal Institution of British Architects praises it as “more richly decorated and altogether more complex” than Bath’s Royal Crescent, from which it draws inspiration. Designed by John Carr of York (1723-1807) and commissioned by the 5th Duke of Devonshire (1748-1811), construction took place between 1780 and…












