 After this he was often in sole practice as J. Beswicke, but also in other partnerships including Beswicke & Hutchins (1889-90), and Beswicke & Coote (1890-93).Amongst his prolific output was a series of grand houses in Harcourt Street in Hawthorn, many for his family, from the 1870s to 1900; of 15 buildings built in this area, 14 are still standing.His father Charles had bought land in Harcourt Street in 1873 and moved from Geelong into a house at No 5, which John designed while he was still at Crouch & Wilson (‘Les Avents’, later ‘Carn Brae’, altered in the 1920s).