# Beaumont Street

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Street in central Oxford, England

View along Beaumont Street

View from the south end of [St Giles'](/source/St_Giles'_Street%2C_Oxford) looking west along Beaumont Street, with the [Randolph Hotel](/source/Randolph_Hotel%2C_Oxford) on the left and the [Taylor Institution](/source/Taylor_Institution) Library on the right

**Beaumont Street** is a street in the centre of [Oxford](/source/Oxford), England.[1]

The street was laid out during 1822–1833.[1] From 1828 to 1837, elegant terraced houses in the [Regency style](/source/Regency_architecture) were built. Before that, it was the location of [Beaumont Palace](/source/Beaumont_Palace), now noted by a plaque near the junction with [Walton Street](/source/Walton_Street%2C_Oxford). [Nikolaus Pevsner](/source/Nikolaus_Pevsner) considered it "the finest street ensemble of Oxford".[2]

Kings [Richard I](/source/Richard_I_of_England) (reigned 1189–1199) and [John](/source/John%2C_King_of_England) (reigned 1199–1216), both sons of [Henry II](/source/Henry_II_of_England), were born at Beaumont Palace on 8 September 1157 and 24 December 1166 respectively.[3]

At the western end is [Worcester College](/source/Worcester_College) and the junction with [Walton Street](/source/Walton_Street%2C_Oxford) to the north and [Worcester Street](/source/Worcester_Street) to the south. Halfway along to the north is [St John Street](/source/St_John_Street%2C_Oxford). To the south is the [Oxford Playhouse](/source/Oxford_Playhouse), designed by Sir [Edward Maufe](/source/Edward_Maufe) and built in 1938, where many university productions are held. To the north, at the eastern end, is the [Ashmolean Museum](/source/Ashmolean_Museum). Opposite the eastern end is the [Martyrs' Memorial](/source/Martyrs'_Memorial). Here, Beaumont Street adjoins [St Giles'](/source/St_Giles'_Street%2C_Oxford) to the north and [Magdalen Street](/source/Magdalen_Street) to the south. Oxford's foremost hotel, the [Randolph](/source/Randolph_Hotel%2C_Oxford), is on the corner with Magdalen Street, designed by [William Wilkinson](/source/William_Wilkinson_(architect)) in the [Victorian Gothic](/source/Victorian_Gothic) style and built in 1864.[2] An extension was added in 1952 to the west, designed by J. Hopgood.

The [Institute of Archaeology](/source/Institute_of_Archaeology_(Oxford)), part of Oxford University's [School of Archaeology](/source/School_of_Archaeology), was established in 1962 and is located at 36 Beaumont Street.[4]

The British poet and translator [Francis William Bourdillon](/source/Francis_William_Bourdillon) mentions Beaumont Street in his poem "Gertrude's Love":[5]

Just at the end of Beaumont Street, In front of Worcester walls, Strange shrieks of woe the passer greet, As every footstep falls.

The street is a favoured location for [dentists](/source/Dentist) and [doctors](/source/Physician).[6][7][8]

## Gallery

		- A 19th-century print of the main entrance of [Worcester College](/source/Worcester_College), which faces down Beaumont Street at the western end.

		- The plaque noting the site of [Beaumont Palace](/source/Beaumont_Palace).

		- The [Ashmolean Museum](/source/Ashmolean_Museum) main entrance on the north side of Beaumont Street.

		- The [Oxford Playhouse](/source/Oxford_Playhouse) entrance on the south side of Beaumont Street.

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-hibbert_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-hibbert_1-1) [Hibbert, Christopher](/source/Christopher_Hibbert), ed. (1988). "Beaumont Street". *[The Encyclopaedia of Oxford](/source/The_Encyclopaedia_of_Oxford)*. [Macmillan](/source/Macmillan_Publishers). p. 37. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0-333-39917-X](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-333-39917-X).

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-pevsner_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-pevsner_2-1) Sherwood, Jennifer; [Pevsner, Nikolaus](/source/Nikolaus_Pevsner) (1974). *The Buildings of England: Oxfordshire*. [Penguin Books](/source/Penguin_Books). pp. 324–325. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0-14-071045-0](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-14-071045-0).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Jenkins, Vivian (1996). *Kings & Queens*. HarperCollins. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0-00-472295-7](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-00-472295-7).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Institute of Archaeology"](http://www.arch.ox.ac.uk/institute.html). School of Archaeology], [University of Oxford](/source/University_of_Oxford).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** "[Among the flowers, and other poems](https://archive.org/details/amongflowersand00bourgoog) by Francis William Bourdillon. 1878. Publisher "Marcus Ward"

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** [19 Beaumont Street Surgery — Dr MacLennan & Partners](http://www.19beaumontstgp.nhs.uk/) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20061014034210/http://www.19beaumontstgp.nhs.uk/) 14 October 2006 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** [28 Beaumont Street Medical Practice — Drs Sichel and Ferguson](http://www.28beaumontstreet.co.uk/).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** [33 Beaumont Street — Specialist Dental Practice, Oxford](http://www.33beaumontstreet.com/).

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