St John's Grove, Beeston is a

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Beeston, Nottinghamshire Beeston () is a town in the Borough of Broxtowe, Nottinghamshire, England, it is 3 miles south-west of Nottingham. To its north-east is the University of Nottingham's main campus, Campuses of the University of Nottingham#University Park Campus, ...

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

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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

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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.

References

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