Much of the area has recently been cleared and a new housing estate constructed. The housing is on the site of the former hospital though some buildings have been retained. The hospital was opened in 1888. Formerly the site was occupied by woodland being recorded as 'Lodge Moor Plantation' on the 1st edition OS map of 1855. The Fairbank plan of 1795 showed enclosed land probably created by the parliamentary enclosure award of Upper Hallam in 1791. A Roman road is projected to run through the site but excavation ahead of the construction of the housing found no trace of this. Legibility is fragmentary as many elements of the road system are depicted on the 1st edition OS map. Some hospital buildings have also been retained by the development. The origin of the moorland landscape is uncertain though this area is likely to be moorland by the Roman period (see Bevan 2003 for discussion of environmental evidence).