Numbers 5-7, The Playhouse And Numbers 11-23

1. 1485 SP 5106 NW 5/134 SP 5106 SW 8/134 12.1.54

BEAUMONT STREET (South Side) Nos 5 to 7 (consec). The Playhouse. Nos 11 to 23 (consec).

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2. Laid out, with St John Street, as a unified terrace-type scheme in 1828-37 on the site of the ancient palace of Beaumont. 5-storeyed Bath stone fronts on brick, with cellars, a moulded cornice and a small parapet. Some have a mansard roof to an attic floor. There are 2 to 3 sash windows with glazing bars in each floor and most have iron balconies at the 1st floor while some (eg Nos 34 and 35) have good verandah balconies. The doorways, have semi-circular heads and some, mostly on the South side have stone door frames with engaged columns and split pediments. The Playhouse (on site of Nos 8, 9 and 10) was built in 1938 in harmony with the rest in Clipsham ashlar. The interiors show that the fireplaces are placed at the sidewalls, the central chimney-stack having disappeared. For plan of No 15 (a typical house), see Antiq Jnl XXVII (1947), p 132 and Fig 8 G. Playhouse altered 1964.

All the listed buildings in beaumont Street form a group.

Listing NGR: SP5111906502