No. 33: Former house
No. 33 Broad Street stood to the south of Seal’s Coffee House, and both were demolished in 1882 to make room for the first phase of the Indian Institute building. It was in Holywell parish.
At the time of the 1772 Survey of Oxford, the house was occupied by a Mr Cox, and its frontage measured 4 yards 0 ft 6 in.
By 1840 No. 33 was occupied by the builder Richard Redhead. The 1841 census shows him living here with Anne (20), Richard (12), and one female servant. He was listed here as a widower aged 65 at the time of the 1851 census, together with his daughter and nephew, plus one servant. He was then described as a builder and employer of several men.
At the time of the 1861 census the house was occupied by Thomas Green, an ironmonger’s assistant aged 33, and his sister, plus a lodger and a servant. He was still listed here in the 1871 census with his wife Louisa and two children, plus a servant.
By 1877 the shop was occupied by the bootmaker George Gillman, and the 1881 census shows him and and his wife living here with one servant.
No. 33 was demolished along with the former coffee house on the corner of Holywell Street in 1882: Messrs Wyatt & Son announced the sale of the building materials in Jackson's Oxford Journal of 20 May 1882, stating that the site had to be cleared by 3 June.
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Occupants of 33 Broad Street listed in directories |
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1841–1852 |
Richard Redhead, Builder, Land surveyor |
1861–1876 |
Thomas Green |
1877–1881 |
G. Gillman, Bootmaker |
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Demolished in 1882 (along with No. 34 to the north) |
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