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No. 62-72 Jesus Lane had never belonged to the College. Almshouses facing Jesus Lane were built on this site in the 17th century by Knight's Charity and were surrounded by a large garden. By 1798 a house or houses had been built on the corner of Jesus Lane and Belmont Place [now 62 Jesus Lane].
In the 1880s the almshouses were rebuilt on the King Street side of the site, the old buildings facing Jesus Lane were demolished and the existing houses built, one storey higher than Rhadegund Buildings.
In the late 1920s and 1930s the College pursued a policy of buying leaseholds of these as they came onto the market, but never succeeded in obtaining control over the whole block. This policy was reversed in the 1960s and the leaseholds were resold to the ground landlords
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The deeds relate to land fronting Jesus Lane and extending into Belmont Place behind