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This is one of the earliest residential subdivisions in the area. The two roads with their identical erven are situated next to the old Springfield School, which was built in 1905 to counteract the German school. Of the thirty-odd erven, about half have been built on, most of them in Hilton Road. The houses are generally similar in size with corrugated iron or tiled-hipped roofs. Many houses are symmetrical around a protruding covered stoep, are square in plan and have a similar sized front garden with large backyards. Enhancing the residential urbanity of the area are the large mature trees and planting between the street and houses. Boundary treatment is mostly similar low brick walls and large front gardens. The last house in Mornay Street is an original tin house with an attached brick and plaster stoep. The area has an urban consistency that is significant and creates memorable places within this farming area.