Nos. 45–46: St John's College Research Centre
This pair of houses, with an iron balcony over the two central front doorways, dates from the early nineteenth century. It is a Grade II listed building (ref. 1485/515)
No. 45 At the time of the 1851 census the solicitor Charles Law lived here with his wife Sarah and baby son Charles, plus three house servants. Ten years later the house was occupied by Thomas Batye, a 65-year-old homeopathic surgeon, and his wife and five grown-up children (the eldest son, William, was also a surgeon), plus their two servants.
No. 46 At the time of the 1881 census this house was occupied by William W. Robinson, an unmarried solicitor and coroner aged 64, and his two servants.
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Occupants listed in censuses and
directories
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| Date | 45 St Giles | 46 St Giles |
| 1846 | Rev. Stephen John Rigaud | Rev. Stephen Reay, B.D. |
| 1851–2 | Charles James Law Attorney |
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| 1861 | Thomas Battye Surgeon |
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| 1866 | Rev. W. Acworth, M.A. | Miss Hargrave |
| 1869 | Henry Purdue | |
| 1871 | Edward Benjamin Gray, M.D. | |
| 1875 | William Wharton Robinson Solicitor,& Coroner for the central district of Oxfordshire |
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| 1876–1905 | Revd Frederick Metcalfe Vicar of St Michael's (Misses Metcalfe 1887–1919) |
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| 1907–15 | Alexander George Gibson Surgeon |
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| 1919–37 | Herbert James Pegler Dental surgeon |
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| 1939 | City Typewriter Co. & Carfax School of Shorthand (Hunts) |
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| 1941–5 | Commissioners of Church Temporalities in Wales |
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| 1947–54 | Herbert James Pegler Dental surgeon |
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| 1956–62 | Hunts (Oxford) Ltd Typewriter dealers |
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| 1964–73 | Eckersley School of English | Cunningham & Gibaud Loss adjusters Edmund R. Gibbs & Co. Certified accountants ? |
| 1975–6 | — | |
| 1994–9 | Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies |
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| 2001–present | St John's College Research Centre | |