8) and Store Kannikestræde, opposite the Church of Our Lady, is the official residence of the provost (domprovst) of the Provostry of Our Lady–Vesterbro.

A plaque on the garden wall towards Fiolstræde commemorates that Ludvig Holberg resided in an earlier building on the site from June 1740 until his death in January 1754.

The property served as the official residence of Ludvig Holberg from 21 June 1740 until his death on 28 January 1754.

[1] The property was later put at the disposal of Hector Janson, a professor of theology, who also served as the university's rector in 1775–76 and again in 1784–85.

He resided in the building with his wife Anne Marie Siendrup, one male servant and two maids at the time of the 1787 census.

He resided in the building with his wife Helena Elisabeth Crane, their eight children (aged seven to 22), a caretaker, two male servants and three maids at the time of the 1801 census.

The first stiftsprovst to reside in the new building was parish priest at the Church of Our Lady Eggert Christopher Tryde (1781–1860).

[8] The L-shaped corner building is constructed in yellow brick on a plinth of granite ashlars with two storeys over a walk-out basement.

The plastered upper part of the basement is finished with shadow joints and painted white.