Cambridge Terrace (London, England) : Detail, of corner condition depicting stylized frieze
- Creator:
- Nash, John, 1752-1835
- Published/Created:
- Regents Park, London, England, United Kingdom
1825 - Date Depicted:
- 5/15/1997
1800 AD - 1849 AD - Materials:
- iron
stone - Notes:
- The greatest achievements of Nash's later years lay in the sphere of urban planning. Regents Park gave him an opportunity to bring Repton's aristocratic landscape-garden ideas to the town. The effect was one of contrived informality made up of a lake, winding paths and clumps of trees interspersed with buildings, and it became a model for countless public parks in England and elsewhere. His plans for the park were approved in 1812 and, with the credit boom following the end of the Napoleonic Wars, he was able to develop the Crown land surrounding the park with profitable housing for the rich. Here, overlooking the park, he produced a series of highly inventive variations on the theme of the Georgian terrace. Park Crescent (1812), Sussex Place (1822), Chester Terrace (1825) and Cumberland Terrace (1825) are palatial-looking structures that conceal commonplace construction and planning behind a display of Roman-inspired architecture in stucco. However, as urban scenery they are second to none in London.
- Variant Titles:
- Regents Park, Cambridge Terrace, London
- Topics:
- Architecture -- Britain -- 20th century -- (YVRC)
- Period/Style:
- Georgian
Neoclassical
Regency - Culture:
- British
- Accession Number:
- 1A1-NJ-CT-C4
- Genre:
- architecture (AAT)
crescents (row houses) (AAT)
houses (AAT)
terrace houses (AAT) - Format:
- Image
- Content Type:
- Sculptures, Models, & Architecture
- Rights:
- Copyright Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc
The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement. - Access Restrictions:
- Yale Community Only
- Digital:
- architectural exteriors; City planning; Housing construction buildings; dwellings; multiple dwellings; row houses frieze
- Source Creator:
- Gilchrist, Scott
- Source Title:
- Archivision Module Two
- Source Created:
- 2878 Chamonix, Montreal QC
Archivision, Inc.
5/15/1997 - Source Note:
- Purchase, Visual Resources Collection, May, 2011; photographer Scott Gilchrist
- Yale Collection:
- Visual Resources Collection
- Digital Collection:
- Visual Resources Collection
- Local Record Number:
- 4152
- OID:
- 10165581
- PID:
- digcoll:1820558