[2] Cale Street originally formed the southern boundary of the 37-acre (15 ha) Chelsea Common, with a pond and gravel pits, but over time the land was all developed for housing.

[4][5] In 1820, the Chelsea Distillery, a gin manufacturer in what became Cale Street, was opened by the Taylor family, and in 1863, was purchased for £400 by James Burrough, a pharmacist and the founder of Beefeater Gin, which was first produced there, and distilled there until 1908, when it moved to the Cale Street Distillery in Hutton Road in Lambeth.

The burial ground was consecrated in 1812 and had a 9-foot-high (2.7 m) wall and railings to protect against grave robbers.

A new boundary for the church and part of the gardens was created using the gravestones from the burial ground.

[12] Sutton Dwellings, an estate of housing association properties built in 1913[13] is on the north side of Cale Street, and was threatened with redevelopment, until the local council declared it a Conservation Area.