Shark In Roof Of House In Oxford

City councillors hated the monster jaws built.

Shark in roof of house in oxford.

Bill heine 73 has applied to have. Very effective you have to see it to believe it. 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. A very unusual sight to see.

Catch the number 8 or 9 bus from centre of oxford approx. That was until 1986 when an odd sculpture was added to the roof. Bill heine is the brains behind the shark and still owns the house. The fibreglass fish which became known as the headington shark after the oxford suburb led heine a local journalist and businessman who died last week into a six year legal battle with the.

The shark became the most famous resident of headington when it appeared in the roof of 2 new high street on 9 august 1986. A 20ft shark diving into the roof of a house. 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. The headington shark house real name untitled 1986 is a property located in headington oxford england.

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. 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. The modest 4 bed victorian cottage was once your standard home no different to numerous other houses on the street. Since 1988 bill has been better known as a radio oxford presenter.

Makes sense it looks like the work of an entertainer. 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.