Shark In House Roof Oxford

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Shark in house roof oxford.

The fibreglass fish in the roof of an oxford house was commissioned in 1986 by bill heine who died last week. Oxford city centre 1 5 miles with excellent bus servic. 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. 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.

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. Very effective you have to see it to believe it. A very unusual sight to see. Catch the number 8 or 9 bus from centre of oxford approx.

A house with a 25ft great white shark sticking out of its roof could be made a national treasure by the same council which wanted it torn down. The shark became the most famous resident of headington when it landed in the roof of 2 new high street in the early hours of saturday 9 august 1986. Stay in a local landmark a stylish victorian cottage with a unique sculpture in the roof. 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.

One drizzly afternoon this past april anne whitehouse and john buckley stood outside a two story brick house on new high street in the english suburb of headington oxford. 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. City councillors hated the monster jaws built. Broadcaster and local journalist bill heine had the.