The character is dominated by Sheffield Hallam University's Ballard Halls of Residence. Prior to the halls, the site was occupied by a large detached villa, much in keeping with the surrounding area. The 1st edition OS map of 1855 shows a field with irregular edges suggesting that the land may originally have been assarted from the nearby Old Wood. Legibility of previous residential type is partial, legibility of types prior to that is invisible.