beaconsfield terrace
beaconsfield terrace
Named for the Conservative Prime Minister
Beaconsfield Terrace is a small
terrace of seven
houses, built as
speculative
housing on a
greenfield site
in the 1870s
opposite the
White Horse.
In fact it was
built on a plot
known as
Turnpike Orchard. It lies
on the eastern
side of
Brickyard Lane
(today's St
Michael's
Avenue) to the
immediate west
of the
White Horse
pub and
New Prospect
Place.
The terrace was built using local red Yeovil bricks - almost certainly made at the brickworks further up the lane. It was named in honour of Benjamin Disraeli (1804-1881), Prime Minister 1863 and 1874-1880. He was created Earl of Beaconsfield in 1876 which most likely dates the terrace.
Disraeli is remembered for his influential voice in world affairs, his central role in the creation of the modern Conservative Party and his political battles with the Liberal leader William Ewart Gladstone - Gladstone Terrace was built in 1886 on the other side of Brickyard Lane.
Map
The 1886 Ordnance Survey showing Beaconsfield Terrace at centre, opposite the White Horse pub (before it was rebuilt), At this time St Michael's Avenue was called Brickyard Lane.
gallery
Beaconsfield Terrace in St Michael's Avenue. Photographed in 2014.
.... and seen form the other end. Photographed in 2014.