No. 41: Theology Faculty Centre & Library
41 St Giles' Street was built in about 1700. It is a Grade II* listed building (ref. 1485/512)
At the time of the 1772 survey of Oxford, No. 41 is recorded as being in the occupation of the Revd Mr Lowry, with its frontage measuring 11 yards 0 feet 11 inches.
At the time of the 1841 census No. 41 was occupied by Ann Collingwood (aged c.70) and Samuel Collingwood (aged c.25), and their two servants.
Alderman William Ward (Mayor of Oxford in 1851 and 1861) and his family lived here for around 80 years from c.1850. At the time of the 1851 census, Ward is described as a coal and slate merchant employing seven men: he had eight children aged between 1 and 18, and they were looked after by three servants. In 1861 four of the children were still at home, and another son had been born in the intervening ten years. By 1881 Mrs Ward had died but William (aged 74) shared the house with his five spinster daughters and three servants. After his death in July 1899, his daughters remained in residence for another quarter of a century.
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Occupants of 41 St Giles' Street
listed in censuses and directories
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| 1841–6 | Revd Robert Walker |
| 1851–1916 | William Ward, Esq Alderman, J.P. (1851–89) — Miss Ward (1890–1916) |
| 1918–23 | No listing |
| 1924–7 | Miss M.V. Nugent (with Miss J.E. Rabbe listed at 41B in 1924–6, and Mrs Saunders in 1927) |
| 1928–35 | H.M. Inspector of Taxes (with Post Office Engineering Department at 41B in 1928–30, Miss Starkie 1934 onwards) |
| 1937–9 | Oxford Society — Oxford University Women's Appointments Committee — Delegacy of Lodgings — + Indian Civil Service Delegacy and Colonial Administrative Service Course (1939 only) |
| 1941–5 | Oxford Emergency Medical
Service Oxford Division Medical War Committee + Civil Nursing Reserve (from 1943) and British Red Cross Society (1945) |
| 1947–52 | Oxford University Committee
for Appointments Oxford University Women's Appointments + Postgraduate Medical Education Committee (1947 only) and Oxford Society (1947–9 only) |
| 1954–72 | Oxford University Appointments Committee |
| 1973–6 | University of Oxford Mathematics Institute Annexe |
| c.1990–present | Theology Faculty Centre |