Campion Hall | College History and University Clothing

Located on Brewer Street, Campion Hall is one of the six Permanent Private Halls at the University of Oxford. The buildings were designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens and house an extensive and important collection of religious art spanning 600 years.

The origins of Campion Hall began on 9 September 1896 when Fr. Richard Clarke, opened a private hall called 'Clarke's Hall'. He was sent from the Church of the Immaculate Conception to set up a hall for Jesuit undergraduates. He founded a small house at 40 St Giles', Oxford, and was the first Master of the hall. On 10 September 1896 the hall had its first four students. The hall allowed Jesuits to study for degrees from the University of Oxford.

The rented accommodation that was originally used was too small and 15 months later the hall was moved to Middleton Hall. In 1918, the hall was granted permanent status and changed its name to Campion Hall after St. Edmund Campion who was a Fellow at St. John's College.

In 2011, a painting "The Crucifixion of Jesus" which had been hanging in a hall of Campion Hall, was thought to have been a long-lost Michelangelo masterpiece worth £100 million. The painting was bought by Fr. Martin D'Arcy when he was Master of Campion Hall at a Sotheby's auction in the 1930s. The painting was sent to the Ashmolean Museum for safekeeping.

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