Crescent Road Quiz
Read the article on Crescent Road. Then do the following quiz.
Questions
1. What was the first building constructed in Crescent Road, and in what year?
2. Who commissioned the building of that first building (name and occupation)?
3. What was the original address of the first building (on Crescent Road)?
4. What condition remains from the original first building around the junction with Princes Road?
5. Around the turn of the century, the first building became one of the area’s many laundries. What was its name then?
6. Which stable-block associated with the first building later became No 36A Princes Road?
7. Which side of Crescent Road saw houses built in the early 1880s, the east side or the west side?
8. What general architectural feature is common to most houses on Crescent Road (as mentioned on the page)?
9. Between which house numbers does the page say the west side finishes at the south end of Crescent Road?
10. Which architectural firm built No 68 Crescent Road, and in what year?
11. Houses Nos 62, 64 and 66 Crescent Road were built in December of which year?
12. What business was operating at No 28 Crescent Road from about 1896 and what was its later name?
13. Which business was at No 22 Crescent Road and remained in operation until the 1960s?
14. What traffic/parking feature was implemented at the junction of Crescent Road when the controlled parking zone came into effect in July 2013?
15. According to the page, what long-distance views can you see from Crescent Road’s east side?
16. According to the page, the listing mentions there are steep steps to most of the buildings on which side of Crescent Road?
17. What year was the history page for Crescent Road last updated?
18. In the building chronology given, in what year were houses numbered 22-26 built on Crescent Road?
19. In the chronology, what number(s) of houses were built in 1902 on Crescent Road?
20. What potential pedestrian safety concern is raised about the junction where Crescent Road meets Princes Crescent?
Answers
1. Princes Villa, built in 1866.
2. James Stapleton, an eating-house keeper.
3. Originally No. 2 Crescent Road.
4. The high flint wall and hedging around the house at the junction with Princes Road.
5. The Victoria Laundry.
6. The stable-block associated became No. 36A Princes Road.
7. The east side.
8. Most houses have shallow canted bays with timber sash windows and small front gardens.
9. It finishes at No. 68 on the west side at the south end.
10. The architectural firm of Albert Antony & Bertram Dixon built No. 68 in 1895.
11. They were built in December 1898.
12. A laundry business was operating at No. 28 from about 1896; later known as Tivoli Laundry Works.
13. The Primrose Laundry at No. 22, which remained in operation until the 1960s.
14. A bicycle rack was added at the eastern corner when the controlled parking zone was implemented in July 2013.
15. From the east side there is a long view over Sylvan Hall’s The Willows and past taller residential blocks to the sea.
16. Steep steps to most of the buildings on the west side of Crescent Road.
17. The page was last updated on 05‑Nov‑2025.
18. Houses numbered 22‑26 were built in 1902.
19. Nos. 15 and 17 were built in January 1902.
20. The junction where Crescent Road meets Princes Crescent is considered too wide and the camber too steep for pedestrian safety, especially with rat-running traffic.
This page was last updated by Ted on 09-Nov-2025