No. 18 Long Wall Street dates from about 1800. It is Grade II listed (1047217).
Major-General Gibbes Rigaud (b.1820), the son of the Radcliffe Observer Stephen Peter Rigaud, moved here after his retirement in 1873 and died here on 1 January 1885 (obituary in Jackson's Oxford Journal on 10 January 1885). The Major's brother, the Revd John Rigaud, died here in July 1888 (obituary in Jackson's Oxford Journal on 4 August 1888). The house was then occupied by the Major's sister Miss Jane Rigaud (the last survivor of seven siblings) until c.1889, when she moved to 17 St Giles'.
Historic photograph of this house
In 1921 New College obtained Nos. 8–20 Long Wall Street from the City in exchange for other properties. No. 18 is now part of New College, and in 1963 David Roberts joined it laterally to Nos. 19 and 20 to form student rooms, entered from the south, so its door to the street is no longer used. It is now entered from the south, behind the central archway. In 2016 planning permission was granted to New College to erect a single-storey building in the Morris yard for students with disabilities and make further alterations (16/03209/FUL).
Occupants of 18 Long Wall Street listed in directories etc. |
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1841–1861 |
William Cook, mason Miss Mary Cook (by 1861) |
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1866 |
Mrs Bleay |
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1871 |
J. Garlick (according to directory) Robert Faucett, Clergyman without cure of souls (from census) |
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c. 1873–1889 House combined with |
Major-General Gibbes Rigaud (by 1880 to 1885) Revd John Rigaud, the Major's brother Miss Jane Rigaud, the Major's sister |
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1899–1914 |
New College house. Nos. 18 and 19 were occupied by the caretaker Robert Westall in 1891 Rev. Hastings Rashdall, Lecturer, New College |
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1921 |
Maud Morland |
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1927–1945 |
William Charles Rudd (also at No. 19 in 1936) |
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1947–1966 |
William Jennings (also at No. 19) Permission for conversion of 18–20 Long Wall Street to student accommodation granted to New College in 1963 (63/13799/A_H) |
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1967–1976 |
No listing. |
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At 18 Long Wall Street today |
New College annexe |
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18 Long Wall Street in the censuses
1841
The 1841 census does not give house numbers, but it is possible to give a tentative assignment based on census order and known inhabitants
William Cook, a mason, lived here with his wife Eliza and children William and Henry.
1851
William Cook (64), a mason, still lived here with his wife Eliza (62), but this time with his older daughter Mary (34)
1861
Miss Mary Cook (40) now lived here with her brother John (38) who was a cook, and her unmarried sister Maria (36).
1871
Robert Faucett (44), a clergyman without cure of souls, lived here with one servant.
1881
Gibbs Rigaud (60), a retired major general, and his brother John (59), a clergyman without cure of souls, both bachelors, lived here. They had two servants. They are jointly listed at Nos. 18 and 19.
1891
Walter Westell (29), a college servant and caretaker, lived here with his wife Emma (35). They are jointly listed at Nos. 18 and 19.
1901
Uninhabited. Listed as “New College house”.
1911
No listing
1921
Maud Morland, a widow of 49, lived here with her unmarried daughter Helen (24) and their two servants, plus two boarders.
1939 Register
The college servant William C. Rudd was living here with a ledger clerk.