Shark In Roof Headington Oxford

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.

Shark in roof headington oxford.

One drizzly afternoon this past april anne whitehouse and john buckley stood outside a two story brick house on new high street in the english suburb of headington oxford. The headington shark house in east. 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. 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.

Broadcaster and local journalist bill heine had the. Very effective you have to see it to believe it. 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. The shark became the most famous resident of headington when it appeared in the roof of 2 new high street on 9 august 1986.

Since 1988 bill has been better known as a radio oxford presenter. The shark was to express someone feeling totally impotent and ripping a hole in their roof out of a sense of impotence and anger and desperation. A very unusual sight to see. The house is typical.

It is saying something about cnd nuclear power chernobyl and nagasaki well worth a visit once you have seen enough colleges and museums. A 20ft shark diving into the roof of a house. I was born into a family with a slightly unusual home it has a 25 ft fibreglass shark designed by the sculptor john buckley crashing through the roof tiles. Makes sense it looks like the work of an entertainer.

Bill heine is the brains behind the shark and still owns the house.