This site shown as a piecemeal enclosure on the 1851 OS, stands on the top of the Brincliffe Edge escarpment. This outcrop of sandstone has been heavily quarried along its length. The 1851 map shows a small quarry 'Psalter Lane Quarries (Sandstone)', which by 1891 had occupied the western half of the present site. By 1911 this side of Psalter Lane (a historic route out of the city before the construction of the Ecclesall New Road) had been restored and the present site was established as the site of the 'Boys Charity (Bluecoat) School' (Harman and Minnis 2004 p236). The school building survives on this site in neo-Georgian style. The building was purchased by the Sheffield School of Art c.1960. The School of Art became part of Sheffield Polytechnic in 1969. This development saw large changes on this site with the construction of modern buildings, workshops and a large concrete tower block of studios. The Polytechnic became Sheffield Hallam University in 1992 (www.shu.ac.uk). There is partial legibility of the former charity school.