The street plan within this area of the city centre dates to the later 18th century and was largely in place by the 1797 Fairbank survey of the town. By 1891 the area was marked by the typical mix of residential, industrial and institutional properties typical of so much of Victorian central Sheffield. The most common structure at this time was the ubiquitous back to back block of workers dwellings. In this area, these dwellings were already beginning to be cleared and replaced by workshops by the late 19th century. By 1938 most of the area north of West Street had been converted to wholly light industrial use. The present use of the area is fluid with mostly commercial reuse of earlier industrial and institutional buildings common around West and Division Streets and surviving light industry to the north of West Street and up to Broad Lane. The area contains a number of significant listed buildings including the former Carver Street Methodist Chapel, Tiger (unlisted) and Kendal cutlery works. Legibility is partial; the street pattern remains from the original urban plan form.