This area has a distinct character dating to its laying out in formal style with tree-lined avenues in the 1840s to 60s. This area approximates to that defined within the Nether Edge Conservation Area Appraisal (SCC 2002) as "Brincliffe and Psalter Lane Character Area" (ibid, 11-27). In 1851 the area polygonised was depicted as typical piecemeal enclosure farmland with the sinuous boundaries characteristic to enclosed and subdivided former 'open fields'. Psalter Lane is shown following its modern course. This road, part of the ancient route to the main Peak District towns was turnpiked in 1758 (Smith, 1997). The road was further improved as part of the 1788 Ecclesall Enclosure Award (SCC, 2002 p 11 & date from English 1985, 45) The first streets to have been laid out were between the present Osborne Road (ex Workhouse Lane) and Kingfield Road, following the former curving field boundaries. Whilst the present built fabric mostly post dates the 1934 25 inch OS this part of the area probably retains early street trees and outgrown survivals from the former enclosure boundaries (which continue to form the basis of the present plot divisions. To the south of this area the layout dates principally to c1860 (SCC 2002, p11) with the laying out of the rest of the 'Brincliffe' suburb marked on the 1891 OS map. The ground plan of the new estate consisted of a strict grid pattern of large plots (a much lower density than either areas of land developed by the Montgomery Land Society or by Wostenholme see polygons HSY 1868 and HSY1873) based on the new roads of Chelsea, Lyndhurst and Cavendish Roads. The construction of housing within the plots was rather slow in comparison to the nearby estates with only around 20% of plots developed by 1891 and approximately 20% of plots developed since 1934. Consequently there is a mixture of architectural and periods represented throughout the polygon. Fragmentary legibility of earlier features.