Built in the 1850s, this street immediately proved popular with retired high-ranking army and naval officers, particularly those with Indian connections. Others included merchants, and several artists and writers. Randlord Harry Mosenthal, and Panaghi Vagliano 'The father of modern Greek shipping' both lived in the street.
Residents of this house included solicitors, and a civil engineer responsible for the railway network on the Isle of Man. Another was the widow of a man who had made a fortune in the gold rush in South Africa.