further two houses in the crescent to form his residence. Having acquired all the land between his home and the top of Lansdown Hill, north of the city centre, he created a garden over half a mile in length and built Beckford's Tower at the top. Notable residents Dick Parsons (British Army officer), (1910–1998), army marksman James Lees-Milne, diarist, writer, architecture scholar Glynis Breakwell, former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Bath References External links Lansdown Crescent Association Streets in Bath, Somerset Parks and open spaces in Bath, Somerset Grade I listed residential buildings Houses completed in 1793 Lansdown Crescents (architecture) 1793 establishments in England