House With Shark In Roof

A house with a giant shark in the roof is set to be made a national treasure by the same council that wanted it demolished.

House with shark in roof.

Bill heine is the brains behind the shark and still owns the house. Bill heine 73 has applied to have. The history of the house. 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.

Stephen walter 18 december 2017 9 39pm 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. Since 1988 bill has been better known as a radio oxford presenter. The modest 4 bed victorian cottage was once your standard home no different to numerous other houses on the street. 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 shark became the most famous resident of headington when it appeared in the roof of 2 new high street on 9 august 1986. That was until 1986 when an odd sculpture was added to the roof.