St John's Grove, Beeston

St John's Grove, Beeston is a conservation area in Beeston, Nottinghamshire.

History

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 and set out the wide straight streets.

The estate of was laid out with main avenues wide with intersecting streets wide and planted with trees.

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.St John's Conservation Area description – Broxtowe Borough Council

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 Place4 Cavendish Place1879Semi with No 2.5 Cavendish Place20187 Cavendish Placebetween 1901 and 1910Semi with No 9.9 Cavendish Placebetween 1901 and 1910Semi with No 7.1 Devonshire Avenue19082 Devonshire Avenue19293 Devonshire AvenueFrom 1978 a Dental Surgery4 Devonshire Avenue1913Douglas Leonard Booth5 Devonshire Avenue19286 Devonshire Avenue7 Devonshire Avenue19288 Devonshire Avenue1886Clifton Lodge9 Devonshire Avenue1910Joseph WarburtonCavendish Lodge10 Devonshire Avenueca. 1890Chetwynd House11 Devonshire Avenue1923Arnold Plackett12 Devonshire Avenue1900sArnold PlackettDemolished for Council Car Park13 Devonshire Avenue1925Arnold PlackettCollingwood14 Devonshire Avenue1895G. Radford15 Devonshire Avenue1923George Francis GrimwoodBirklands16 Devonshire Avenuebetween 1885 and 1901Hollydene17 Devonshire Avenue1896Thomas WoolstonDevonshire House18 Devonshire Avenue1910Ivy Bank19 Devonshire Avenue1896Thomas WoolstonKingswood20 Devonshire Avenue1902Initially Kingswood SchoolHesleden21 Devonshire Avenue1910Joseph WarburtonNamed after the village of Hesleden, Durham, the birthplace of its first owner, James Storey EbblewhiteWoodview22 Devonshire Avenue190223 Devonshire Avenue1930s?Inglewood24 Devonshire Avenue1900Brough BrosBloxham26 Devonshire Avenue1900Brough Bros1 Elm Avenue1920sEndcliffe2 Elm Avenue19033 Elm Avenue1920s4 Elm Avenue1901-105 Elm Avenue1920s6 Elm Avenue1901-107 Elm Avenue1920s8 Elm Avenue1925H.R. HoftonDevon Lodge9 Elm Avenue191010 Elm Avenue1925H.R. HoftonBaltic House11 Elm Avenuebetween 1885 and 190112 Elm Avenue1922Evans, Clark and WoollattFairfield13 Elm Avenuebetween 1885 and 1901Inglenook14 Elm Avenueca. 190814a Elm Avenueca. 1965Inglewood15 Elm Avenuebetween 1885 and 1901The Uplands16 Elm Avenue1894John BowleySemi detached with no. 18Elmwood17 Elm Avenue1897The Uplands18 Elm Avenue1894John BowleySemi detached with no. 16Avondale19 Elm Avenue1900William Vallance BettsThe Cottage20 Elm Avenue1925H.R. HoftonBlenheim21 Elm Avenue1903William Vallance BettsFormerly a Nursery SchoolElm House22 Elm AvenueNursing HomeThornbury23 Elm Avenue1903Field Weston25 Elm Avenuebetween 1914 and 1938Staintondale27 Elm Avenuebetween 1914 and 1938Wroxham29 Elm Avenuebetween 1901 and 1908Tamoana31 Elm Avenue1909Joseph WarburtonFormerly The Brackley House HotelElm Lee33 Elm Avenue201035 Elm Avenuebetween 1901 and 191437 Elm Avenuebetween 1901 and 19141 Glebe Street1900B Collington2a Glebe Street1906C.E. BarnesGlebe Villas2 Glebe Street1878-79Ernest Reginald RidgwaySemi with No 4. (Demolished ca. 1960)3 Glebe Street1900B CollingtonGlebe Villas4 Glebe Street1878-79Ernest Reginald RidgwaySemi with No.2. 6 Glebe Street1960s6a Glebe Street1960s7 Glebe Street1940s-50sRostrevor8 Glebe Street1903William Vallance BettsThoresby9 Glebe Street1922G.W. BroughLindenhurst10 Glebe Streetbetween 1901 and 1910Surrey Cottage12 Glebe Street1902John Rigby PoyserSurrey Cottage was built for Edward Farrow, later General Manager of the Raleigh Bicycle Company.Suffolk Lodge14 Glebe Street1902John Rigby Poyser1 Newcastle Avenue1939C. Brailsford2 Newcastle Avenue2011-12Gladstone Lodge3 Newcastle Avenuebetween 1885 and 19014 Newcastle Avenuebetween 1901 and 19106 Newcastle Avenuebetween 1901 and 1910Charnwood8 Newcastle Avenue1910William Vallance Betts1 Vicarage Street2 Vicarage Street4 Vicarage Street6 Vicarage StreetOban House8 Chilwell Roadc.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.

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