The street was specifically designed, in the mid-19th century, to take advantage of its viewpoint across the River Tay, as was the case with the six villas in Bridgend, a few hundred yards to the north.

Noted architectural historian Charles McKean observed that those with "money of the [19th] century jostled for prime sites and views on Dundee Road and Kinnoull Terrace".

[2] The three properties on the western side of the street each have gates in the communal boundary wall that runs along a stretch of the Dundee Road to the west;[2] however, the one for Langlands (formerly Murrayville), the northernmost of the three, has been filled in.

[3] Another, smaller property on the street was formerly the offices of John McLaren[9] and Philip Russell Diplock,[10] architects and planning consultants.

[11] The architect of the double villa Craigievar and Darnick was Andrew Heiton,[12] who also lived at the property upon its completion in 1870.