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 1 acre and set out the wide straight streets.

The estate of 21 acre was laid out with main avenues 48 ft wide with intersecting streets 36 ft 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.