About Rhodes House

Rhodes House, Oxford, is the home of the Rhodes Scholarships and the Rhodes Trust, and offers facilities for educational and other purposes.

Rhodes House welcomes lectures, seminars, conferences, dinners and other events. For further information about the possibility of your event at Rhodes House, click here.

The Rhodes House Library is home to the Bodleian Library of Commonwealth and African Studies.

The Warden of Rhodes House, responsible for the Rhodes Scholarships and chief executive officer of the Rhodes Trust, is Dr Donald Markwell.

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.

Built in a rather grand colonial style, the detailing is superb. There is a large Hall with a capacity of 200 people, as well as other rooms.

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

Click here for a virtual tour of Rhodes House.

For a map of Oxford showing Rhodes House, click here.

To contact Rhodes House, click here.