House Shark Roof

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.

House shark roof. The modest 4 bed victorian cottage was once your standard home no different to numerous other houses on the street. Since 1988 bill has been better known as a radio oxford presenter. Bill heine is the brains behind the shark and still owns the house. A house with a 25ft great white shark sticking out of its roof is set to be listed by the local council after they initially opposed it.

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. Makes sense it looks like the work of an entertainer. That was until 1986 when an odd sculpture was added to the roof. 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 shark house in new high street oxford was first created in. The terraced home became oxford s quirkiest to. The history of the house. The headington shark house real name untitled 1986 is a property located in headington oxford england.