Shark In Roof Headington Oxford

Catch the number 8 or 9 bus from centre of oxford approx.

Shark in roof headington oxford. It is saying something about cnd nuclear power chernobyl and nagasaki well worth a visit once you have seen enough colleges and museums. 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. 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 house is typical. 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. 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. The headington shark house in east.

A very unusual sight to see. The shark became the most famous resident of headington when it appeared in the roof of 2 new high street on 9 august 1986. Very effective you have to see it to believe it. 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. 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. Broadcaster and local journalist bill heine had the. 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 was to express someone feeling totally impotent and ripping a hole in their roof out of a sense of impotence and anger and desperation.