No. 50: Greens Café
No. 50 has a late eighteenth-century front on what is probaby an early seventeenth-century core. It is jointly Grade II listed with No. 51 next door, which is part of the same building (ref. 1485/517).
Nos. 50 and 51 were sold by University College to St John's College in 2004, along with the Eagle & Child pub.
In 1772 a survey of every house in the city was taken in consequence of the Mileways Act of 1771. No. 50 is recorded as then being in the occupation of Mr Richardson, with its frontage measuring 4 yards exactly.
The 1851 census shows the cabinet maker Caleb New, aged 42, living here with his wife Catherine.
In 1861 Edward Bellamy, a bookbinder & stationer aged 29, lived here with his wife and three children and a 17-year-old servant.
In 1881 Mrs Mary Wotton, a widow of 64, was stationer here, accompanied by her two unmarried sisters.
Occupants of 50 St Giles' Street
listed in censuses and directories |
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| 1839 | Thomas Tomkins Broker |
| 1841–52 | Edwin New Cabinet maker & Martha New Milliner & Dressmaker (1841–6) Caleb New Cabinet maker (1852) |
| 1861 | Edward Bellamy Bookbinder & stationer |
| 1866–95 | Mrs Mary Wotton Tobacconist & stationer/Newsagent/Fancy stationer |
| 1896 | Montague Edward Bellamy Stationer |
| 1898–1914 | Frank Godfrey Antique furniture dealer |
| 1916–36 | Archibald E. Godfrey Dealer in antiques |
| 1937–80+ | The Antiquary Dealers in antiques |
| By 1993 to 1999 | John D. Wood & Co.Ltd. Estate agents |
| c.2000–2005 | Cleo Express |
| 2005–present | Greens Café |