During the emigration, Rosalie Duthé, former mistress of the Comte d'Artois and of Perrégaux the banker, lived in a small house here. The street still has several 18C houses: No.7, No.21, occupied by the Michael Faraday Laboratory and Museum, and No.50, seat of the venerable John Murray publishing house.

St Columba's is the London Church of Scotland and was built between 1950 and 1955 by Edward Maufe. Its square stone tower capped by a green cupola stands on the axis of Pont Street, which is just behind the church.

From the top of this sloping avenue, the view of Richmond, immortalised by artists such as Turner and Reynolds, is extremely beautiful. Two lovely homes face the river in the direction of Marble Hill: The Wick (1775) and Wick House (1772). The end of the road opens onto Richmond Park through a gate dating from 1700.

At the northern edge stands the superbly proportioned façade of Chandos House (1771), now occupied by the Royal Society of Medicine. The work of Scottish architect Robert Adam, it was built entirely of spotless Portland stone, its only decorations, completed by lantern-holders and candle snuffers, being a narrow frieze overlooking the second floor, a square porch and wrought-iron railings.