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.

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 Place1879Semi with No 2.
5 Cavendish Place2018
7 Cavendish Placebetween 1901 and 1910Semi with No 9.
9 Cavendish Placebetween 1901 and 1910Semi with No 7.
1 Devonshire Avenue1908
2 Devonshire Avenue1929
3 Devonshire AvenueFrom 1978 a Dental Surgery
4 Devonshire Avenue1913Douglas Leonard Booth
5 Devonshire Avenue1928
6 Devonshire Avenue
7 Devonshire Avenue1928
8 Devonshire Avenue1886
Clifton Lodge9 Devonshire Avenue1910Joseph Warburton
Cavendish Lodge10 Devonshire Avenueca. 1890
Chetwynd House11 Devonshire Avenue1923Arnold Plackett
12 Devonshire Avenue1900sArnold PlackettDemolished for Council Car Park
13 Devonshire Avenue1925Arnold Plackett
Collingwood14 Devonshire Avenue1895G. Radford
15 Devonshire Avenue1923George Francis Grimwood
Birklands16 Devonshire Avenuebetween 1885 and 1901
Hollydene17 Devonshire Avenue1896Thomas Woolston
Devonshire House18 Devonshire Avenue1910
Ivy Bank19 Devonshire Avenue1896Thomas Woolston
Kingswood20 Devonshire Avenue1902Initially Kingswood School
Hesleden21 Devonshire Avenue1910Joseph WarburtonNamed after the village of Hesleden, Durham, the birthplace of its first owner, James Storey Ebblewhite
Woodview22 Devonshire Avenue1902
23 Devonshire Avenue1930s?
Inglewood24 Devonshire Avenue1900Brough Bros
Bloxham26 Devonshire Avenue1900Brough Bros
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 Avenue1925H.R. Hofton
Devon Lodge9 Elm Avenue1910
10 Elm Avenue1925H.R. Hofton
Baltic House11 Elm Avenuebetween 1885 and 1901
12 Elm Avenue1922Evans, Clark and Woollatt
Fairfield13 Elm Avenuebetween 1885 and 1901
Inglenook14 Elm Avenueca. 1908
14a Elm Avenueca. 1965
Inglewood15 Elm Avenuebetween 1885 and 1901
The Uplands16 Elm Avenue1894John BowleySemi detached with no. 18
Elmwood17 Elm Avenue1897
The Uplands18 Elm Avenue1894John BowleySemi detached with no. 16
Avondale19 Elm Avenue1900William Vallance Betts
The Cottage20 Elm Avenue1925H.R. Hofton
Blenheim21 Elm Avenue1903William Vallance BettsFormerly a Nursery School
Elm House22 Elm AvenueNursing Home
Thornbury23 Elm Avenue1903Field Weston
25 Elm Avenuebetween 1914 and 1938
Staintondale27 Elm Avenuebetween 1914 and 1938
Wroxham29 Elm Avenuebetween 1901 and 1908
Tamoana31 Elm Avenue1909Joseph WarburtonFormerly The Brackley House Hotel
Elm Lee33 Elm Avenue2010
35 Elm Avenuebetween 1901 and 1914
37 Elm Avenuebetween 1901 and 1914
1 Glebe Street1900B Collington
2a Glebe Street1906C.E. Barnes
Glebe Villas2 Glebe Street1878-79Ernest Reginald RidgwaySemi with No 4.
3 Glebe Street1900B Collington
Glebe Villas4 Glebe Street1878-79Ernest Reginald RidgwaySemi with No.2.
6 Glebe Street1960s
6a Glebe Street1960s
7 Glebe Street1940s-50s
Rostrevor8 Glebe Street1903William Vallance Betts
Thoresby9 Glebe Street1922G.W. Brough
Lindenhurst10 Glebe Streetbetween 1901 and 1910
Surrey Cottage12 Glebe Streetca. 1902-03John Rigby PoyserSurrey Cottage was built for Edward Farrow, later General Manager of the Raleigh Bicycle Company.
Suffolk Lodge14 Glebe Streetca. 1903John Rigby Poyser
1 Newcastle Avenue1939C. Brailsford
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 Avenue1910William Vallance Betts
1 Vicarage Street
2 Vicarage Street
4 Vicarage Street
6 Vicarage Street