Heritage Open Day: Mansfield College’s late nineteenth-century buildings are regarded as amongst the finest work of the important Victorian architect, Basil Champneys, so come along and see the Old Hall, Chapel and the hidden jewel that is the Main Library. Mansfield College is renowned for its own unique and innovative personality and prides itself on its progressive, informal environment. Mansfield has always worked hard to make an Oxford education available to previously excluded groups. Established in Oxford in 1886 it began as a theological training college for nonconformist ministers, who had long been excluded from the religious life of the University.
No longer a religious institution, it is currently the Oxford college with the highest proportion of state sector students.