The Crescent, Scarborough

The Crescent is a historic terrace of houses in Scarborough, North Yorkshire, a town in England. The terrace was designed between 1832 and 1833 by R. H. and Samuel Sharp, as part of a development which included Belvoir Terrace and four villas. However, the terrace's fifteen houses were not completed until about 1857. George Sheeran describes them as bringing "a new standard to the area in the design of terraced houses", and displaying "a cool conformity in their frontages". There is a communal garden area in front of the terrace. The terrace was grade II* listed in 1953. The terraces are built of stone, the ground floor with horizontal rustication, and have a hipped slate roof. Most of the houses have three bays, and the six bays at each end project slightly. Steps with iron railings lead up to the doorways, which have architraves and oblong fanlights. Above the ground floor is a stone balcony with decorative cast iron railings, between the houses on the upper two floors are pilasters, the middle floor contains French windows, the other windows are sashes, and on the roofs are dormers.

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Borough of Scarborough

The Borough of Scarborough () was a non-metropolitan district with borough status in North Yorkshire, England. In addition to the town of Scarborough, it covered a large stretch of the coast of Yorkshire, including Whitby and Filey. It bordered Redcar and Cleveland to the north, the Ryedale and Hambleton districts to the west and the East Riding of Yorkshire to the south. The district was formed on 1 April 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972. It was a merger of the urban district of Filey and part of the Bridlington Rural District, from the historic East Riding of Yorkshire, along with the municipal borough of Scarborough, Scalby and Whitby urban districts, and Scarborough Rural District and Whitby Rural District, from the historic North Riding. In 2007, the borough was threatened with extinction. In March of that year, North Yorkshire County Council was shortlisted by the Department for Communities and Local Government to become a unitary authority. If the bid had been successful then the Borough of Scarborough would — along with all other districts and boroughs in the present county of North Yorkshire — have been abolished then. The bid, however, was unsuccessful and the districts remained as they were previously constituted. However, in July 2021 the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government announced that in April 2023, the non-metropolitan county would be reorganised into a unitary authority. Scarborough Borough Council was abolished and its functions were transferred to a new single authority for the non-metropolitan county of North Yorkshire.

Brunswick Shopping Centre

The Brunswick Shopping Centre, with over 30 shops, is in the centre of Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England. It was built on the site of a former Debenhams store, which was an anchor tenant until its closure in May 2021. In 2014, it had an annual footfall of approximately 7 million people. The centre closed in September 2025, for redevelopment, to deliver a cinema and food court.

Londesborough Lodge

Londesborough Lodge is a historic building in Scarborough, North Yorkshire, a town in England. The building was constructed in 1839, as one of four villas - the others being Crescent House, the White House, and Woodend House. It was originally named Warwick House, but in 1853 it was purchased by William Denison, 1st Earl of Londesborough and became popularly known by his name. He extended the house and altered the interior. Londesborough hosted the future Edward VII of the United Kingdom in the house on several occasions. In 1925, the house was purchased by the Scarborough Corporation, and variously served as a tourist office, museum, and Turkish baths. In 1983, it became a district office of BBC Radio York, which remained there until 2009. It has since served as the Kagyu Samye Dzong Scarborough Tibetan Buddhist Centre. The building has been grade II listed since 1973. The house is built of stone and has bracketed moulded overhanging eaves and a shallow hipped slate roof. It has two storeys and an irregular plan, consisting of a projecting main block with three bays, and splayed wings with one bay each. The doorway has panelled pilaster strips and a cornice on console brackets, and the windows are sashes. The garden front has a canted projection with a balcony.

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Scarborough Art Gallery

Scarborough Art Gallery is an art gallery in the town of Scarborough, in North Yorkshire, England. It is housed in a Grade II* Italianate villa in Scarborough’s Crescent, designed by Richard Hey Sharp (1793–1853). The gallery is administered by the Scarborough Museums Trust and is open to the public. Its permanent collection has been developed over the past seventy years through gifts, bequests and purchases.

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