House With Shark In Roof Oxford

Very effective you have to see it to believe it.

House with shark in roof oxford. 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. Bill heine is the brains behind the shark and still owns the house. Oxford english heritage 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. 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 20ft shark diving into the roof of a house. Bill heine 73 has applied to have. The shark house is a large double fronted victorian property with four double bedrooms and four bathrooms. The fibreglass fish which became known as the headington shark after the oxford.

Bill heine 72 had the beast built into his terraced home in headington oxford in august 1986. 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. We are located in central headington close to oxford city centre hospitals oxford brookes universities and plenty of shops cafes and banks with in a minutes walk.

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. A house with a 25ft great white shark sticking out of its roof could be made a national treasure. The shark became the most famous resident of headington when it appeared in the roof of 2 new high street on 9 august 1986. 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.

We also have a 25 foot shark in our roof. A very unusual sight to see. The fibreglass fish in the roof of an oxford house was commissioned in 1986 by bill heine who died last week.