Chilwell Road, Beeston is street in

Beeston, Nottinghamshire Beeston is a town in the Borough of Broxtowe, Nottinghamshire, England, south-west of Nottingham city centre. To its north-east is the University of Nottingham's main campus, University Park. The pharmaceutical and retail chemist group Boots h ...

. It runs from its junction with High Road, Beeston in Beeston Square to the Hop Pole public house.

History

The road was constructed as part of the Sawley to Nottingham turnpike road. In around 1820 a local farmer Edward Bonds built Bonds House which later became The Grange, Beeston. It is now Grade II listed. In 1878 a police station was opened on the north side of the road where it remained until the 1970s when it moved into The Grange which is almost opposite. The road underwent commercial and residential development from the 1880s. The most significant landmark constructed is Beeston Methodist Church which was built between 1900 and 1902 and stands on the south side of the road. Until the merger of all four methodist churches in Beeston in 2014, it was known as Chilwell Road Methodist Church. The western end of the road is marked outside the Hop Pole public house where the street sign is adjacent to that for High Road, Chilwell. The northern western side of the road is bounded by two conservation areas in Beeston: the

St John's Grove, Beeston St John's Grove, Beeston is a Conservation area (United Kingdom), 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 St ...

and the Cottage Grove estate. In between this is the Imperial Park estate which meets Chilwell Road at its junction with Imperial Road. Between 2012 and 2015, almost the entire length of the road was reconstructed as part of the extension of

Nottingham Express Transit Nottingham Express Transit (NET) is a tram system in Nottingham, England. The system opened to the public on 9 March 2004 and a second phase, that more than doubled the size of the total system, opened on 25 August 2015, having been initially ...

. Chilwell Road tram stop was constructed at the west end of the road and services started on 25 August 2015.

Notable buildings

North side

The Hop Pole, Beeston - Chilwell - geograph

*2 Barclays Bank. Architect

Evans, Clark and Woollatt Evans, Clark and Wollatt was an architectural practice based in Nottingham from the early 1920s to 1948. History The practice was established by Robert Evans, John Thomas Clark and John Woollatt by 1921. Robert Evans died in 1927, and John Thomas ...

1922. *4 Lloyds Bank (former Nottingham Savings Bank). Architect Heazell and Sons 1929. (since rebuilt) *6 Former Post Office. 1935. *8 Oban House. Architect James Huckerby (attributed) ca. 1890. *10-12 Semi-detached houses ca. 1894 *20 House. Architect W. Pollard. 1925 (demolished and replaced) *22 House. Architect Lawrence Lee Bright and Thomas. 1922. *24. Chemist (former Police station). Architect

Arthur Brewill Lieutenant-Colonel Arthur William Lancelot Brewill (17 May 1861 – 18 February 1923) was an architect based in Nottingham. Background and family He was the son of William Rastall Brewill (1804–1897) and Sophia (1820–1886). He was educated ...

. 1878. *26-30. Three houses. Architect Ernest Reginald Ridgway 1881 *38-42. Three houses and a shop. 1897 *Collin Street *44-52. Vallance Cottages. Four houses and a shop. Architect Ernest Reginald Ridgway 1881-82 *64-68. Three houses. pre-1885 *70-74. Three houses. pre-1885 *80-86. Four shops *112-130. Ten cottages. Architect

Walter Owen Hickson Walter Owen Hickson (1863 – 8 October 1915) was an architect and surveyor based in Nottingham. History He was born in 1863 in Bottesford, Leicestershire, the son of William Hickson of Easthorpe Manor, Bottesford and Mary Ann Owen. He trained a ...

. 1887 *Hop Pole public house. ca. 1850

South side

*5 Architect

Joseph Warburton Joseph Warburton LRIBA MRAIC (27 July 1880 – 16 September 1944) was an 20th century architect based in Beeston, Nottinghamshire and Regina, Saskatchewan. History He was born in 1880 in Sutton on Trent, Nottinghamshire, the son of William Warbu ...

1910 (demolished 1965) *7 House and shop. Architect

Charles Nelson Holloway Charles Nelson Holloway (1872 – 30 March 1938) was an architect based in Nottingham. History He was born in Barnsley, Yorkshire, the son of William Holloway (b. 1837), a Civil Engineer, and Julia Nelson (1835–1914). He was educated at High P ...

1909 (demolished 1965) *

St John the Baptist Church, Beeston St. John the Baptist Church is an Anglican church in Beeston, Nottinghamshire, England. The church is Grade II listed by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport as it is a building of special architectural or historic interest. Hi ...

* The Grange, Beeston ca. 1820 *17-19. Semi-detached houses. Architect James Huckerby 1894 * Beeston Methodist Church Architect William James Morley 1902 *21-27. Oak Villas *29-31. West End Villas *33-37 Shops and houses. Architect

1887 *75-83 Five cottages. Architect John Bowley 1908 (demolished 2012)

References

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