A development of mixed types of housing in the Hemsworth neighbourhood of the Gleadless valley estate. The Gleadless estate was designed by the city architect, J.L. Womersley. It was constructed in the late 1950s/ early 1960s in response to an urgent need for housing following world war 2. The buildings on the estate make full use of the topography of the area and continuity is implied through the retention of local names for each neighbourhood. On completion, the estate was described as 'Mediterranean in appearance'. Prior to the estate, the area consisted of fields with the characteristics of piecemeal enclosure. Legibility is fragmentary as the paths which mark the west and the south edges of the polygon represent tracks to and from Hemsworth which are shown on the 1815 Norton parish enclosure award map.