This street was greatly disrupted by the arrival of the Metropolitan and District Railway in 1864, leading to the compulsory purchase and demolition of eight of its newly-built houses. The banker who was the first resident of this house moved away to avoid the disruption and the street was considered to have suffered a fall in quality. Many others however were not put off, such as the Shakespearean actor Henry Compton who lived in the street for many years and librettist Sir William Gilbert whose first marital home was nearby.
Later residents of the street included Sir Samuel Wilson who served as Governor of Trinidad and Tobago in the 1920s and who did much to popularise the game of football, and the actors Perceval Perceval-Clark and Jean Cadell.