Chairman of headington neighbourhood forum mike ratcliffe said.
Shark in roof headington oxford.
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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.
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.
The fibreglass fish which became known as the headington shark after the oxford suburb led heine a local journalist and businessman who died last week into a six year legal battle with the.
Bill heine is the brains behind the shark and still owns the house.
It had landed out of the blue and without planning permission on 9 august 1986.
The headington shark house in east oxford was already a year old when i was born so it always seemed normal to me.
Homeowners battle to save their dream places from demolition after falling foul of the planning authorities revealing the lengths some will go to defend th.
Makes sense it looks like the work of an entertainer.
Since 1988 bill has been better known as a radio oxford presenter.
0 02 km mount pleasant guest house 0 04 km the shark house oxford central headington sleeps 12 guests 4 bathrooms 0 23 km red mullions 0 27 km sandfield guest house 0 19 km the dial house.
One of the themes of the neighbourhood plan is to preserve and develop the identity of headington.
A house with a 25ft great white shark sticking out of its roof could be made a national treasure.
The shark embedded in its.