Shark In Roof Headington Oxford

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Shark in roof headington oxford. View all hotels near headington shark on tripadvisor. Chairman of headington neighbourhood forum mike ratcliffe said. One of the themes of the neighbourhood plan is to preserve and develop the identity of headington. A house with a 25ft great white shark sticking out of its roof could be made a national treasure.

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. It had landed out of the blue and without planning permission on 9 august 1986. 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. Bill heine is the brains behind the shark and still owns the house.

The shark embedded in its. 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. Shark in a roof see 214 traveller reviews 75 candid photos and great deals for oxford uk at tripadvisor.

Makes sense it looks like the work of an entertainer. 0 02 km mount pleasant guest house 0 04 km the shark house oxford central headington sleeps 12 guests 4 bathrooms 0 23 km red mullions 0 27 km sandfield guest house 0 19 km the dial house. 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 headington shark house in east oxford was already a year old when i was born so it always seemed normal to me.