Station Road, Beeston is street in Beeston, Nottinghamshire. It runs from its junction with

High Road, Beeston High Road, Beeston is a pedestrianised shopping street in Beeston, Nottinghamshire. It runs from Beeston Square to Humber Road. History The road was constructed as part of the Sawley to Nottingham turnpike road. In the 19th century, it was on t ...

in Beeston Square to

Beeston railway station Beeston railway station is a Grade II listed railway station on the Midland Main Line which serves the town of Beeston in Nottinghamshire, England. It lies south-west of Nottingham railway station, and south-east of Beeston transport interc ...

History

The first part of Station Road was built in conjunction with the opening of

in 1839. It ran north from the station to form a junction with Queen’s Road. Queen Victoria's jester,

W. F. Wallett William Frederick "W.F." Wallett (November 1806 in Hull, England – 13 March 1892 at Beeston, Nottinghamshire, England) was a popular circus clown in Victorian England, who also enjoyed modest celebrity in the United States. After he performe ...

lived in the cottage which he had built to the designs of the architect William Arthur Heazell at 220 Station Road from 1877 until his death in 1892 In 1904-05, Beeston Urban District Council undertook improvement and widening works on Brown Lane (which ran from High Road to Middle Street). Brown Lane South (which ran to the junction with Nether Street), and with Victoria Avenue (constructed in the 1890s from the junction with Nether Street to Queens Road), they were all renamed Station Street. Beeston Lads Club - geograph

In 1913, Beeston Lads’ Club. was erected to the designs of the architect S.H. Pearson which survived until it was demolished in 2007. The site is now occupied by Tesco supermarket. In 1918, Beeston Victory Club opened as a venue for ex-servicemen of the forces which fought in the First World War. In 1965 the Fire Station moved from Stoney Street to a new prefabricated CLASP building on Station Road at the corner of Middle Street. In 1998 it came under the control of

Nottinghamshire Fire and Rescue Service Nottinghamshire Fire and Rescue Service is the statutory fire and rescue service covering Nottinghamshire (including the unitary authority of Nottingham) in the East Midlands of England. The City of Nottingham Fire Brigade and the Nottinghamshi ...

, and it closed in 2009.

Notable buildings

East side

*Civic Restaurant. 1949. (Later a Television Repair Workshop. In 2019 Mint Hair Boutique) *139. Tower house. 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 ...

1905 *159. House. Architect

Douglas Leonard Booth Douglas Leonard Booth (5 May 1889 – 2 October 1956) was an architect, surveyor and civil engineer based in Beeston, Nottinghamshire. Life He was born on 5 May 1889 in Nottingham the son of Thomas Booth (b. 1855) and Elizabeth Collier (b. 1852) ...

1913 *205-207. Houses. Architect Harry Gill 1890s (In 2019 The Linden Leaf Hotel) *209. The Rockway Hotel *211. House. Architect The LMS Engineer’s Department 1923-24

West side

*104-106. Bakehouse and oven. Architect Arthur Brewill 1888 * Majestic Cinema (later Essoldo Cinema). Architect Ernest S. Roberts 1938 (demolished 1988 and now a Co-op supermarket) *222-224. Cromwell Villas. 1882 *226-228. Ireton Villas. 1882 *

References

{{Reflist Streets in Beeston, Nottinghamshire