This portion of the Gleadless Valley estate (known as Rollestone) is demarcated by the Meers Brook to the south (which forms both the boundary to the historic township of Handsworth and the historic county of Yorkshire before the 20th century) and an unnamed stream to the west (which also formed part of the boundary of Handsworth. This architecturally important estate was commissioned 1955 and completed by 1962. Described by Harman and Minnis (2004, 243-246) as "a highly successful fusion of high density development on small plots and the garden city." The estate uses the topography of the steeply sloping valley to create an architectural composition which, by placing housing on staggered levels within the valley, gives tenants superb views of both the valley and the moors. Before development this area was enclosed by narrow 'strip enclosures' aligned along the steepest slopes. These formed part of a similar semi regular system around a nucleated settlement at Gleadless (HSY 1452) and are likely to have originated in the early enclosure of blocks of strips from an open field system. Fragmentary legibility resulting from scattered trees left on construction of the estate from the earlier boundaries particularly below Spring Close View.