Shark In Roof Of House

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.

Shark in roof of house.

City councillors hated the monster jaws built. A sight to make you smile and showing the quirky humour of the homeowner. The shark house in new high street oxford was first created in. 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.

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. Makes sense it looks like the work of an entertainer. 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. Sharkskin provides a high strength moisture protective covering by combining a number of key performance features to create a revolutionary line of roofing building envelope air water vapor barrier products and energy saving roofing systems.

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. His friend the sculptor john buckley provided an answer in the shape of an eight metre 25ft shark which would sit on his roof perpetually appearing as though it had just crashed into the house. Since 1988 bill has been better known as a radio oxford presenter. The shark became the most famous resident of headington when it appeared in the roof of 2 new high street on 9 august 1986.

Bill heine is the brains behind the shark and still owns the house. 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.