Shark In Roof Headington Oxford

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.

Shark in roof headington oxford.

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. Broadcaster and local journalist bill heine had the. Very effective you have to see it to believe it. 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.

Makes sense it looks like the work of an entertainer. Headington oxford 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. 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. 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 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. A very unusual sight to see. The house is typical. 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. The shark became the most famous resident of headington when it appeared in the roof of 2 new high street on 9 august 1986. Catch the number 8 or 9 bus from centre of oxford approx. A 20ft shark diving into the roof of a house.

Since 1988 bill has been better known as a radio oxford presenter.