It is situated on the corner of Rose Place and St Aldate's, next to Christ Church Cathedral School and Campion Hall.

In 1637, he moved to Brewer Street and sold the larger house to Unton Croke.

In 1917, the Newman Trust bought the Old Palace, and after some renovation work, the chaplain Arthur Stapylton Barnes moved in.

Former Catholic chaplains that served the chaplaincy there include Ronald Knox and Crispian Hollis.

In 2007, the bishops of England and Wales asked the Jesuits to provide the chaplains and they continue to do so.