Shark In Roof In Oxford

Makes sense it looks like the work of an entertainer.

Shark in roof in oxford.

A house with a 25ft great white shark sticking out of its roof could be made a national treasure. A very unusual sight to see. 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. Bill heine 72 had the beast built into his terraced home in headington oxford in august 1986.

Catch the number 8 or 9 bus from centre of oxford approx. 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. The shark weighs 400 pounds and is 25 feet from its headless body to its tail.

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. As this web page on the hedlington shark attests the placing of such a large object on the roof of a pretty ordinary residence sprung the local oxford city council to action. First city council said the shark had to go because it was a dangerous hazard. 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.

Oxford city council immediately opposed the installation of the shark. Since 1988 bill has been better known as a radio oxford presenter. At first they said it was dangerous to the public but engineers and inspectors pronounced it structurally safe. A 20ft shark diving into the roof of a house.

The shark weighs 400 pounds and is 25 feet from its headless body to its tail. 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. Bill heine 73 has applied to have. Bill heine is the brains behind the shark and still owns the house.