5 Jeffreys St

Numbers 1, 3, 5, 7 and 9 Jeffreys St were built as Molesworth Place, sometimes called Moleworth Place. This set of buildings reached around the corner to Kentish Town Rd, which is where the first buildings in this arrangement were completed in 1821. Numbers 1, 2 and 3 Molesworth Place were redesignated as part of Kentish Town Road in 1863, with the rest of the houses becoming part of Jeffrey's St in 1881.

First numbered as 6 Molesworth Place

1823 Jan built but empty
1825 July empty
1826 July Robinson
1827 Jan Robinson
1828 Jan Robinson
1829 empty
1831 Jan Sarah Rofs
1834 Jan Devereaux
1841 Sept CS Short
1842 Sept CS Short
1844 Sept J Goodwin
1846 March George Smith
1847 March George Smith
1848 Sept George Smith
1850 George Smith
1851 Sept George Smith
1853 George Smith
1855 E Bell
1858 Gall (spelling unclear)
1863 Cage
1866 Smith
1871 J King
1875 J King
1880 J King
1881 James (38) and Emily (36) King with children Sarah (11), Ellen (7), Ada (5), Rose (8 months). Also James (23, bricklayer) and Ellen (23) Green. Also George (37) and Sarah (37) King with William (3) and Rosa (7 months). Also Emma (44) and Samuel (43) Hazell and Herbert (11).

1881 Re-numbered as 5 Jeffreys Street
1885 J King

1960s Actor Sarah Miles lived at number 5 before her first of two marriages to Robert Bolt (1967), during which time she appeared in Blowup (1966) and possibly The Servant (1963). Sarah received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance in Ryan’s Daughter (1970).

-1977 Dr John Stachan
1977-present Judy and Dominic