Shark In Roof London

The fibreglass creatures are a riff on the headington shark a fibreglass sculpture of a big fish crashing through the roof of a terraced house that caused a row over planning permission with.

Shark in roof london.

Bill heine 73 has applied to have. 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. We are located in central headington close to oxford city centre hospitals oxford brookes universities and plenty of shops cafes and banks with in a minutes walk. The shark became the most famous resident of headington when it appeared in the roof of 2 new high street on 9 august 1986.

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. 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. Makes sense it looks like the work of an entertainer. Shorten was inspired by the headington shark in oxford a symbol to many of the triumph of eccentricity over bureaucracy.

The shark house is a large double fronted victorian property with four double bedrooms and four bathrooms. Bill heine is the brains behind the shark and still owns the house. City councillors hated the monster jaws built. We also have a 25 foot shark in our roof.

The shark house in new high street oxford was first created in. The sculpture of an eight metre long shark crashing into the roof of a. The shark house is a large double fronted victorian property with four double bedrooms and four bathrooms. 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 fourth antepavilion will draw on the council s reaction to these predecessors and the story of the headington shark a fibreglass shark that appears to have crashed through the roof of a.