Shark In The Roof Of A House In Oxford

The terraced home became oxford s quirkiest to.

Shark in the roof of a house in oxford.

A house with a 25ft great white shark sticking out of its roof is set to be listed by the local council after they initially opposed it. Since 1988 bill has been better known as a radio oxford presenter. 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. The shark became the most famous resident of headington when it appeared in the roof of 2 new high street on 9 august 1986.

Bill heine 72 had the beast built into his terraced home in headington oxford in august 1986. The fibreglass fish in the roof of an oxford house was commissioned in 1986 by bill heine who died last week. Bill heine 73 has applied to have. 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.

Makes sense it looks like the work of an entertainer. 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 fourth antepavilion will draw on the council s reaction to these predecessors and the story of the headington shark a fibreglass shark that appears to have crashed through the roof of a. 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.

A house with a 25ft great white shark sticking out of its roof could be made a national treasure.