House With Shark In Roof Oxford

Bill heine is the brains behind the shark and still owns the house.

House with shark in roof oxford. A house with a 25ft great white shark sticking out of its roof is set to be given listed status by a council who originally wanted it demolished. Very effective you have to see it to believe it. Bill heine 73 has applied to have. Oxford city centre 1 5 miles with excellent bus services.

The shark house in new high street oxford was first created in august 1986 when owner local journalist and broadcaster bill heine decided to put the 25ft figure in his roof. A 20ft shark diving into the roof of a house. Dishwasher tumble dryer tv wifi. The history of the shark the shark became the most famous resident of headington when it appeared in the roof of 2 new high street on 9 august 1986.

Close to universities hospitals m40 to london. 4 double bedrooms 3 ensuite. A terminally ill man whose house has become a tourist attraction with a 25 foot shark in the roof has launched a bid to preserve the monument after his death. The fibreglass fish in the roof of an oxford house was commissioned in 1986 by bill heine who died last week.

The headington shark proper name untitled 1986 is a rooftop sculpture located at 2 new high street headington oxford england depicting a large shark embedded head first in the roof of a house. For 35 years i ve been visiting oxford and as long as i can remember mber the big sharks diving into the roof oxford wouldn t be oxford without the shark a very unusual sight to see. Stay in a local landmark a large stylish double fronted victorian house with a unique sculpture in the roof. City councillors hated the monster jaws built.

Since 1988 bill has been better known as a radio oxford presenter. This ordinary home built as a semi detached house in about 1860 but now attached by a link to a second house to the north suddenly became the centre of world attention and the headless shark still excites interest today.