Shark In House Roof Oxford

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.

Shark in house roof oxford.

Bill heine is the brains behind the shark and still owns the house. Oxford city centre 1 5 miles with excellent bus servic. A very unusual sight to see. 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.

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. Broadcaster and local journalist bill heine had the. Very effective you have to see it to believe it. Stay in a local landmark a stylish victorian cottage with a unique sculpture in the roof.

Bill heine 73 has applied to have. City councillors hated the monster jaws built. 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. Since 1988 bill has been better known as a radio oxford presenter.

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 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 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.

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 fibreglass fish in the roof of an oxford house was commissioned in 1986 by bill heine who died last week.