House Shark Roof

Stephen walter 18 december 2017 9 39pm 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.

House shark roof.

The terraced home became oxford s quirkiest to. Bill heine is the brains behind the shark and still owns the house. 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 became the most famous resident of headington when it appeared in the roof of 2 new high street on 9 august 1986.

The history of the house. 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 modest 4 bed victorian cottage was once your standard home no different to numerous other houses on the street. 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.

Since 1988 bill has been better known as a radio oxford presenter. 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. 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. That was until 1986 when an odd sculpture was added to the roof.