Norfolk Crescent in Bath, Somerset, England was built between c.1793 and c.1822 and has been designated as a Grade II* listed building.

[1] There is a green area in front of the crescent that was originally a formal garden for the residents, surrounded by railings.

A small circular building in the corner of the gardens is the old watchman's hut, and is also Grade II* listed.

[2][5] In March 1792 a solicitor named Richard Bowsher took a lease on 5 acres (20,000 m2) of land next to the river Avon at what was then the western edge of the city of Bath.

[6] The lease stipulated houses of similar style and quality to those being erected in the nearby New King Street should be built on the land.

[6] As with other Bath developers, Bowsher's sub-leased plots of ground to craftsmen, on the condition that they would build houses on them, which would subsequently be let out to wealthy families.

The watchman's hut was built to a classical design inspired by the Choragic Monument of Lysicrates.

Thus, Bowsher's development was largely complete by the 1830s, albeit in a reduced form compared with the original plan.

Pinch also added balconies with wrought iron railings on the piano nobile (first floor) of all the houses.

[8] When construction work started again in the 19th century the market was much slower and the houses were completed gradually, when there was money available.

In 1942 during the Second World War an incendiary bomb landed near the crescent and the north end was gutted by fire.