Broadly contemporary with the development of the Arbourthorne Estate to the north, the bay windows and other elaborations of these semi detached houses may indicate that they were built for private sale, according to Harman and Minnis (2004, 29) a common practice on Sheffield's 'Cottage Estates'. Fragmentary legibility within this polygon in the form of the ancient route 'Gleadless Road' which at this point forms a 'ridgeway' as it follows a prominent sandstone escarpment.