St John's Grove, Beeston

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St John's Grove, Beeston is a conservation area in Beeston, Nottinghamshire. Coordinates: 52°55′37″N1°13′10″W / 52.926854°N 1.219447°W / 52.926854; -1.219447

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History

4 Glebe Street, built 1878 Glebe Street, Beeston - geograph.org.uk - 1765549.jpg
4 Glebe Street, built 1878

Following the enclosure of the land surrounding Beeston in 1809 the area of St John's Grove was allotted to the vicar of the parish church. In 1878 the land was acquired from the Ecclesiastical Commissioners by the Beeston Land Society, a group of citizens, who divided the land out into 28 plots of between three-quarters and 1-acre (0.40 ha) and set out the wide straight streets.

The estate of 21-acre (8.5 ha) was laid out with main avenues 48 feet (15 m) wide with intersecting streets 36 feet (11 m) wide and planted with trees. [1]

The first properties erected were Glebe Villas, at 2 and 4 Glebe Street. No 2 was demolished after the Second World War to widen the road as a bus route.

The majority of the houses are of Edwardian and late Victorian origin. The Land Society set conditions for the developers including no public houses, and strict building lines which ensured that properties were set back a consistent distance from the road. In 1994, the St John's Grove Estate became a conservation area. [2]

Architecture

The following table lists the significant properties within the St John’s Grove estate.

NameStreet and numberPhotographDateArchitectNotes and refs.
2 Cavendish Place1879Semi with No 4.
3 Cavendish Place
4 Cavendish Place 4 Cavendish Place, Beeston (geograph 6120685).jpg 1879Semi with No 2.
5 Cavendish Place 5 Cavendish Place, Beeston (geograph 6120680).jpg 2018
7 Cavendish Placebetween 1901 and 1910Semi with No 9.
9 Cavendish Placebetween 1901 and 1910Semi with No 7.
1 Devonshire Avenue1908 [3]
2 Devonshire Avenue House on Devonshire Avenue, Beeston (geograph 1906152).jpg 1929 [4]
3 Devonshire AvenueFrom 1978 a Dental Surgery
4 Devonshire Avenue1913 Douglas Leonard Booth [5]
5 Devonshire Avenue1928 [6]
6 Devonshire Avenue
7 Devonshire Avenue1928 [7]
8 Devonshire Avenue1886
Clifton Lodge9 Devonshire Avenue1910 Joseph Warburton [8]
Cavendish Lodge10 Devonshire Avenue Cavendish Lodge, Beeston - geograph.org.uk - 1765516.jpg ca. 1890
Chetwynd House11 Devonshire Avenue1923 Arnold Plackett [9]
12 Devonshire Avenue1900s Arnold Plackett [10] Demolished for Council Car Park
13 Devonshire Avenue Devonshire Avenue, Beeston (geograph 1794454).jpg 1925 Arnold Plackett [11]
Collingwood14 Devonshire Avenue Devonshire Avenue, Beeston (geograph 1811030).jpg 1895G. Radford [12]
15 Devonshire Avenue1923 George Francis Grimwood [13]
Birklands16 Devonshire Avenue Devonshire Avenue, Beeston (geograph 1811023).jpg between 1885 and 1901
Hollydene17 Devonshire Avenue Devonshire Avenue, Beeston (geograph 1794450).jpg 1896 Thomas Woolston [14]
Devonshire House18 Devonshire Avenue Devonshire Avenue, Beeston (geograph 1811015).jpg 1910 [15]
Ivy Bank19 Devonshire Avenue1896 Thomas Woolston [16]
Kingswood20 Devonshire Avenue 20 and 22 Devonshire Avenue, Beeston.jpg 1902 [17] Initially Kingswood School [18]
Hesleden21 Devonshire Avenue1910 Joseph Warburton [19] Named after the village of Hesleden, Durham, the birthplace of its first owner, James Storey Ebblewhite
Woodview22 Devonshire Avenue 20 and 22 Devonshire Avenue, Beeston.jpg 1902 [20]
23 Devonshire Avenue1930s?
Inglewood24 Devonshire Avenue1900Brough Bros [21]
Bloxham26 Devonshire Avenue1900Brough Bros [22]
1 Elm Avenue1920s
Endcliffe2 Elm Avenue1903
3 Elm Avenue1920s
4 Elm Avenue1901-10
5 Elm Avenue1920s
6 Elm Avenue1901-10
7 Elm Avenue1920s
8 Elm Avenue1925 H.R. Hofton [23]
Devon Lodge9 Elm Avenue1910 [24]
10 Elm Avenue1925 H.R. Hofton [25]
Baltic House11 Elm Avenuebetween 1885 and 1901
12 Elm Avenue1922 Evans, Clark and Woollatt [26]
Fairfield13 Elm Avenuebetween 1885 and 1901
Inglenook14 Elm Avenueca. 1908
14a Elm Avenue House on Elm Avenue, Beeston (geograph 1906150).jpg ca. 1965
Inglewood15 Elm Avenuebetween 1885 and 1901
The Uplands16 Elm Avenue1894 John Bowley [27] Semi detached with no. 18
Elmwood17 Elm Avenue 17 Elm Avenue, Beeston.jpg 1897 [28]
The Uplands18 Elm Avenue1894 John Bowley [29] Semi detached with no. 16
Avondale19 Elm Avenue1900 [30] William Vallance Betts [31]
The Cottage20 Elm Avenue 20 Elm Avenue, Beeston.jpg 1925H.R. Hofton [32]
Blenheim21 Elm Avenue1903 [33] William Vallance Betts Formerly a Nursery School
Elm House22 Elm AvenueNursing Home
Thornbury23 Elm Avenue1903 Field Weston [34]
25 Elm Avenuebetween 1914 and 1938
Staintondale27 Elm Avenuebetween 1914 and 1938
Wroxham29 Elm Avenue [35] between 1901 and 1908
Tamoana31 Elm Avenue1909 [36] Joseph Warburton [37] Formerly The Brackley House Hotel
Elm Lee33 Elm Avenue2010 [38]
35 Elm Avenuebetween 1901 and 1914
37 Elm Avenuebetween 1901 and 1914
1 Glebe Street1900B Collington [39]
2a Glebe Street1906C.E. Barnes [40]
Glebe Villas2 Glebe Street1878-79 Ernest Reginald Ridgway [41] Semi with No 4. (Demolished ca. 1960)
3 Glebe Street1900B Collington [42]
Glebe Villas4 Glebe Street Glebe Street, Beeston - geograph.org.uk - 1765549.jpg 1878-79 [43] Ernest Reginald Ridgway [44] Semi with No.2.
6 Glebe Street1960s
6a Glebe Street Glebe Street, Beeston - geograph.org.uk - 1765543.jpg 1960s
7 Glebe Street1940s-50s
Rostrevor8 Glebe Street Glebe Street, Beeston (geograph 1826299).jpg 1903 William Vallance Betts
Thoresby9 Glebe Street1922G.W. Brough [45]
Lindenhurst10 Glebe Street Glebe Street, Beeston - geograph.org.uk - 1765537.jpg between 1901 and 1910
Surrey Cottage12 Glebe Street1902 John Rigby Poyser [46] Surrey Cottage was built for Edward Farrow, later General Manager of the Raleigh Bicycle Company. [47]
Suffolk Lodge14 Glebe Street Cottages at Beeston by John Rigby Poyser.jpg 1902 John Rigby Poyser [46]
1 Newcastle Avenue1939C. Brailsford [48]
2 Newcastle Avenue2011-12
Gladstone Lodge3 Newcastle Avenuebetween 1885 and 1901
4 Newcastle Avenuebetween 1901 and 1910
6 Newcastle Avenuebetween 1901 and 1910
Charnwood8 Newcastle Avenue1910 [49] William Vallance Betts [50]
1 Vicarage Street
2 Vicarage Street
4 Vicarage Street
6 Vicarage Street
Oban House8 Chilwell Road c.1890Possibly James Huckerby or Francis('Frank') Wilkinson – or both.Oban House was built for Frank Wilkinson, owner of Anglo Scotian Mills. Home to (Mechanical Engineer) Reuben Reader of E. Reader & Sons, and Dr Winifred Alice Milland Thompson – Beeston's first female GP. [51] [52]

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  2. ↑ St John's Conservation Area description – Broxtowe Borough Council Archived 18 September 2009 at the Wayback Machine
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