Editing Regent's Park College, Oxford (section)

===Relocation to Oxford===
In 1927, the main portion of the site was purchased and the buildings, including various farm buildings and two wells in Pusey Street, were secured shortly afterwards from [[St John's College, Oxford|St John's College]]. The college appointed T Harold Hughes (1897–1949) as the architect for the site. Hughes was responsible for much extension and restoration work in Oxford, including [[Exeter College, Oxford|Exeter College]], [[Hertford College, Oxford|Hertford College]] and [[Corpus Christi College, Oxford|Corpus Christi College]].<ref>''The Dictionary of Scottish Architects'', 2010.</ref> The first four students arrived in 1928. At this time, many of the classes were held at Mansfield College and other lectures were held at various other colleges. However, as early as 1924, Wheeler Robinson started to promote his plans for a new building scheme on the Oxford site to former students. Between 1935 and 1938, he and E. A. Payne spoke at various meetings and raised £20,000 of the £50,000 needed for the project.<ref>Cooper, 1960, p. 89</ref> The foundation stones for Helwys Hall were laid on 21 July 1938, by representatives from the Baptist Union of Great Britain and Ireland, the Particular Baptist Fund, and the Baptist Missionary Society. Stones were also laid in memory of Angus and Gould, former principals of the college.{{citation needed|date=March 2021}}

The Main Block, consisting of 16 study bedrooms, Helwys Hall, the College Library, the Senior Common Room and part of the building on Pusey Street, were constructed from 1938 to 1940. However, the outbreak of the [[World War II|Second World War]] along with a lack of funds meant that the ambitious plans for the completion of the quadrangle had to be put on hold.<ref>Cooper, 1960, p. 120</ref>

In 1957, Regent's Park College became a permanent private hall of the University of Oxford. During this period, the college once again started to accept non-ministerial undergraduates and new buildings on Pusey Street were erected to accommodate the college's growing size, thus completing the quadrangle. The Balding student accommodation block was built in 1960, and a large window was fitted in a three-storey high wall overlooking Balding Quadrangle behind the main quadrangle – allegedly the largest single pane of glass in Europe. In 1977, the Angus student accommodation block was built thus providing Balding Quadrangle with an extra side. Extra accommodation was built in Wheeler Robinson House in 1988. When [[Greyfriars, Oxford|Greyfriars]] closed in 2008 (having been a permanent private hall since 1958), the remaining 30 students joined Regent's Park College.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ox.ac.uk/media/news_stories/2007/251007.html |title=Closure of Greyfriars: University Statement - University of Oxford |access-date=2014-01-18 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029210602/http://www.ox.ac.uk/media/news_stories/2007/251007.html |archive-date=29 October 2013 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> When another permanent private hall, [[St Benet's Hall, Oxford|St Benet's Hall]], closed in September 2022, 29 of St Benet's students joined Regent's.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://gazette.web.ox.ac.uk/sites/default/files/gazette/documents/media/10_november_2022_-_no_5365_redacted.pdf | title=Congregation | website=gazette.web.ox.ac.uk}}</ref>