St John Street area

The St John Street area is a residential area close to the city centre in Oxford, England. It consists of two streets, St John Street and Beaumont Buildings. Wellington Square is to the north, Pusey Street to the east, and Beaumont Street to the south.

St John Street area

Looking north along St John Street
St John Street area
Location within Oxfordshire
OS grid referenceSP510065
Civil parish
  • unparished
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townOxford
Postcode districtOX1
Dialling code01865
PoliceThames Valley
FireOxfordshire
AmbulanceSouth Central
UK Parliament
WebsiteOxford City Council

It is an area of terraced houses developed in about 1830 as part of the same scheme as Beaumont Street.[1][2]

References

  1. Sherwood & Pevsner, 1974, page 324
  2. Tyack, 1998, page 204

Sources and further reading

  • Chance, Eleanor; Colvin, Christina; Cooper, Janet; Day, C.J.; Hassall, T.G.; Selwyn, Nesta (1979). Crossley, Alan; Elrington, C.R. (eds.). Victoria County History: A History of the County of Oxford, Volume 4.
  • Sherwood, Jennifer; Pevsner, Nikolaus (1974). The Buildings of England: Oxfordshire. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. p. 324. ISBN 0-14-071045-0.
  • Tyack, Geoffrey (1998). Oxford An Architectural Guide. Oxford & New York: Oxford University Press. p. 204. ISBN 0-19-817423-3.


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