Within an area of Victorian grid iron terraces developed from the 1870s and mostly completed by the end of the 19th century. This area shows a group of institutional buildings within this area which, together with the adjacent housing area (HSY1864), form a comprehensively legible Victorian upper working class suburb. The Methodist New Connexion buildings occupy a conspicuous corner plot and are built in a 'Free Gothic' style built in two stages: a school of 1889 and church of 1905 in virulent red brick (Harman and Minnis 2004 p225). Sharrow Lane School is a School Board building in good original condition. The 1851 60 inch to the mile OS depicts this area as the Club Gardens, Fenton Villa Gardens and Abbeydale Road Gardens. The Club Gardens are depicted as early as 1808 and represent a likely example of the type of early workers' garden discussed by Flavell (2003). No known evidence of open field agriculture this side of London Road - presumed piecemeal enclosure.