Rhodes House
South Parks Road
Oxford OX1 3RG

Rhodes House

Images of Rhodes House: photograph by Matthew Pitt

Rhodes House was built as a memorial to Cecil Rhodes. It provides a headquarters for the Rhodes Trust and facilities for educational and other purposes.

The House was completed in 1928. It was designed by Sir Herbert Baker, who designed major public buildings in South Africa and collaborated with Sir Edwin Lutyens on the design of New Delhi.

Flowers in Rhodes House: photograph by Matthew Pitt Rhodes House is therefore built in a rather grand colonial style, reminiscent of the residences of Governors or administrative centres. It is a most elegant building with echoes of Cecil Rhodes’ mansion in South Africa. The detailing is superb. There is a large Hall with a capacity for 200 people, as well as other rooms.

Rhodes House and its garden are open to the public, but visitors are asked to identify themselves to the Porter at the main entrance.

Rhodes House welcomes lectures, seminars, conferences, dinners and other events. For further information, click here.

Click here for a virtual tour of Rhodes House.

Click here for a link to a map of Oxford showing the location of Rhodes House.

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