This terrace was built in c.1859 on the old glebe lands owned by the vicars of St. Mary Abbots since 1260. The first tenant of the house was Henry O'Neil, one of the most celebrated historical genre painters of the day, whose painting Eastward Ho! had recently drawn huge crowds at the Royal Academy. A later resident was sculptress Emily Addis Fawcett. Lyricist Peter Mulroney lived here from 1938. He took in a young refugee from Nazi Austria - Edward Kassner - and together they set up Mayfair Music. Kassner went on to establish The Edward Kassner Music Company and published a string of hits, such as Rock Around the Clock which became a global sensation.
Neighbours included writers and artists, such as Max Beerbohm and Wyndham Lewis, and intrepid foreign correspondent Murray Sayle.