They have also attracted other notables including; T. E. Lawrence, who wrote much of his Seven Pillars of Wisdom at No.

These narrow houses, three or four storeys high - one for eating, one for sleeping, a third for company, a fourth underground for the kitchen, a fifth perhaps at the top for servants - give the idea of a cage with its sticks and birds Barton Booth (1682 – 1733) was among the most successful actors of the 18th century.

[a][4] Booth was familiar with the area having been educated at Westminster School, just to the north.

[5] The houses are mainly of London stock brick, of three storeys with basements and attics and with decorated doorcases.

[4] Their layout follows what John Summerson called "the insistent verticality of the London house" [see box].