Usage at the wells declined in the nineteenth century and the building was demolished, but is commemorated by a memorial fountain opposite it erected in 1882.
[3] The Wells Tavern was established in 1850, replacing an older public house known as The Green Man.
[5][6][7][8] Notable former residents included the artist John Constable, who lived in the street from 1827 until his death in 1837 and whose house is now Grade II* listed, architect Temple Moore and early Socialist politician Henry Hyndman.
21-27, formerly called Foley Avenue, are an eclectic pair of semi-detached houses designed by Henry Simpson Legg, architect and surveyor for the Hampstead Wells Trust.
The houses were a speculative development by Edward Gotto, who lived in The Logs, Well Road.