Next to this was a mansion, Putney House, built in the 1680s; it was converted into a College for Civil Engineers in 1839 and demolished in 1857.
It was built about 1890 by the Kensington builder, Mr Wakefield, who incorporated fine panelling, staircase and wall-paintings from Wandsworth Manor, which dated from the late 17th century, and was demolished in 1890.
Other internal decorations were added by his grandson, Norris, who had worked with Edward James in the 1930s at Monkton House, West Dean in Sussex.
[6] Number 79 has a blue plaque to commemorate Sir Sidney Nolan OM AC CBE RA, (1917-1992), one of Australia's leading artists of the 20th century, who lived here from 1960 to 1979.
[7][8] The ashes of his wife, Cynthia Reed Nolan, (1908–1976), an Australian writer and gallerist, are buried under an oak tree in the garden.
She returned to live at number 89 after the War, where she had a studio, workshop & kiln which was also used by Rachel de Montmorency (1891-1961).
[28] Later John Edgar Platt (1886-1967), an English painter, woodcut artist and designer of stained glass, lived at Swan Studios.
[30] The portrait and landscape artist Frank Samuel Eastman (1878-1964) lived at number 63, 'Thames Studio', from about 1935 until his death.
In the late 1960s, his company, Electronic Music Studios (EMS), made the VCS3, a synthesizer used by many early progressive rock bands.