# St John's Grove, Beeston

St John's Grove, Beeston is a conservation area in Beeston, Nottinghamshire. 52°55′37″N 1°13′10″W﻿ / ﻿52.926854°N 1.219447°W﻿ / 52.926854; -1.219447

## 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 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.
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.
| Name | Street and number | Date | Architect | Notes and refs. |
| | 2 Cavendish Place | 1879 | | Semi with No 4. |
| | 3 Cavendish Place | | | |
| | 4 Cavendish Place | 1879 | | Semi with No 2. |
| | 5 Cavendish Place | 2018 | | |
| | 7 Cavendish Place | between 1901 and 1910 | | Semi with No 9. |
| | 9 Cavendish Place | between 1901 and 1910 | | Semi with No 7. |
| | 1 Devonshire Avenue | 1908 | | |
| | 2 Devonshire Avenue | 1929 | | |
| | 3 Devonshire Avenue | | | From 1978 a Dental Surgery |
| | 4 Devonshire Avenue | 1913 | Douglas Leonard Booth | |
| | 5 Devonshire Avenue | 1928 | | |
| | 6 Devonshire Avenue | | | |
| | 7 Devonshire Avenue | 1928 | | |
| | 8 Devonshire Avenue | 1886 | | |
| Clifton Lodge | 9 Devonshire Avenue | 1910 | Joseph Warburton | |
| Cavendish Lodge | 10 Devonshire Avenue | ca. 1890 | | |
| Chetwynd House | 11 Devonshire Avenue | 1923 | Arnold Plackett | |
| | 12 Devonshire Avenue | 1900s | Arnold Plackett | Demolished for Council Car Park |
| | 13 Devonshire Avenue | 1925 | Arnold Plackett | |
| Collingwood | 14 Devonshire Avenue | 1895 | G. Radford | |
| | 15 Devonshire Avenue | 1923 | George Francis Grimwood | |
| Birklands | 16 Devonshire Avenue | between 1885 and 1901 | | |
| Hollydene | 17 Devonshire Avenue | 1896 | Thomas Woolston | |
| Devonshire House | 18 Devonshire Avenue | 1910 | | |
| Ivy Bank | 19 Devonshire Avenue | 1896 | Thomas Woolston | |
| Kingswood | 20 Devonshire Avenue | 1902 | | Initially Kingswood School |
| Hesleden | 21 Devonshire Avenue | 1910 | Joseph Warburton | Named after the village of Hesleden, Durham, the birthplace of its first owner, James Storey Ebblewhite |
| Woodview | 22 Devonshire Avenue | 1902 | | |
| | 23 Devonshire Avenue | 1930s? | | |
| Inglewood | 24 Devonshire Avenue | 1900 | Brough Bros | |
| Bloxham | 26 Devonshire Avenue | 1900 | Brough Bros | |
| | 1 Elm Avenue | 1920s | | |
| Endcliffe | 2 Elm Avenue | 1903 | | |
| | 3 Elm Avenue | 1920s | | |
| | 4 Elm Avenue | 1901-10 | | |
| | 5 Elm Avenue | 1920s | | |
| | 6 Elm Avenue | 1901-10 | | |
| | 7 Elm Avenue | 1920s | | |
| | 8 Elm Avenue | 1925 | H.R. Hofton | |
| Devon Lodge | 9 Elm Avenue | 1910 | | |
| | 10 Elm Avenue | 1925 | H.R. Hofton | |
| Baltic House | 11 Elm Avenue | between 1885 and 1901 | | |
| | 12 Elm Avenue | 1922 | Evans, Clark and Woollatt | |
| Fairfield | 13 Elm Avenue | between 1885 and 1901 | | |
| Inglenook | 14 Elm Avenue | ca. 1908 | | |
| | 14a Elm Avenue | ca. 1965 | | |
| Inglewood | 15 Elm Avenue | between 1885 and 1901 | | |
| The Uplands | 16 Elm Avenue | 1894 | John Bowley | Semi detached with no. 18 |
| Elmwood | 17 Elm Avenue | 1897 | | |
| The Uplands | 18 Elm Avenue | 1894 | John Bowley | Semi detached with no. 16 |
| Avondale | 19 Elm Avenue | 1900 | William Vallance Betts | |
| The Cottage | 20 Elm Avenue | 1925 | H.R. Hofton | |
| Blenheim | 21 Elm Avenue | 1903 | William Vallance Betts | Formerly a Nursery School |
| Elm House | 22 Elm Avenue | | | Nursing Home |
| Thornbury | 23 Elm Avenue | 1903 | Field Weston | |
| | 25 Elm Avenue | between 1914 and 1938 | | |
| Staintondale | 27 Elm Avenue | between 1914 and 1938 | | |
| Wroxham | 29 Elm Avenue | between 1901 and 1908 | | |
| Tamoana | 31 Elm Avenue | 1909 | Joseph Warburton | Formerly The Brackley House Hotel |
| Elm Lee | 33 Elm Avenue | 2010 | | |
| | 35 Elm Avenue | between 1901 and 1914 | | |
| | 37 Elm Avenue | between 1901 and 1914 | | |
| | 1 Glebe Street | 1900 | B Collington | |
| | 2a Glebe Street | 1906 | C.E. Barnes | |
| Glebe Villas | 2 Glebe Street | 1878-79 | Ernest Reginald Ridgway | Semi with No 4. (Demolished ca. 1960) |
| | 3 Glebe Street | 1900 | B Collington | |
| Glebe Villas | 4 Glebe Street | 1878-79 | Ernest Reginald Ridgway | Semi with No.2. |
| | 6 Glebe Street | 1960s | | |
| | 6a Glebe Street | 1960s | | |
| | 7 Glebe Street | 1940s-50s | | |
| Rostrevor | 8 Glebe Street | 1903 | William Vallance Betts | |
| Thoresby | 9 Glebe Street | 1922 | G.W. Brough | |
| Lindenhurst | 10 Glebe Street | between 1901 and 1910 | | |
| Surrey Cottage | 12 Glebe Street | 1902 | John Rigby Poyser | Surrey Cottage was built for Edward Farrow, later General Manager of the Raleigh Bicycle Company. |
| Suffolk Lodge | 14 Glebe Street | 1902 | John Rigby Poyser | |
| | 1 Newcastle Avenue | 1939 | C. Brailsford | |
| | 2 Newcastle Avenue | 2011-12 | | |
| Gladstone Lodge | 3 Newcastle Avenue | between 1885 and 1901 | | |
| | 4 Newcastle Avenue | between 1901 and 1910 | | |
| | 6 Newcastle Avenue | between 1901 and 1910 | | |
| Charnwood | 8 Newcastle Avenue | 1910 | William Vallance Betts | |
| | 1 Vicarage Street | | | |
| | 2 Vicarage Street | | | |
| | 4 Vicarage Street | | | |
| | 6 Vicarage Street | | | |
| Oban House | 8 Chilwell Road | c.1890 | Possibly 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. |