This area is dominated by the large terraced shops which developed along Abbeydale Road (turnpiked as the main route from Sheffield to Bakewell in 1808 (Smith 1997) and was fully developed by 1905 by which time this neighbourhood was served by the tramway running along the main road. The construction of the turnpike provided the stimuli for the construction of a hotel (which survives as the much altered 'Broadfield' public House, and the large mansion 'Gatefield House' which is now a working men's club. Both these buildings are depicted on the 1851 Ordnance Survey. The polygon includes early twentieth century industrial buildings including small workshops behind housing on Stanhope Road and a larger factory shown on the 19521:1250 mapping as a 'Sheet Metal Works'. In 1891 this unit was shown as the "Excelsior Brass Works". Sheffield - Bakewell turnpike (1808) (date from Smith 1997).