The shark first appeared on 9 august 1986 having been commissioned by the house s owner bill heine a local radio presenter.
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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.
The shark house in new high street oxford was first created in august 1986 when owner local journalist and broadcaster bill heine decided to put the 25ft figure in his roof.
My father felt he had put up two fingers to bureaucracy and stood up for creativity.
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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.
It took three months to build.
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.
Buckley and heine first had the idea to plant a shark in the roof of heine s house in 1986 over a glass of wine on the street outside.
The protest sentiment of a huge shark crashing through the roof of a quiet terraced house is hard to miss.
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The sculpture which is reported to weigh 4 long hundredweight 200 kg and is 25 feet 7 6 m long and is made of painted fibreglass is named untitled 1986 written on the gate of the house.
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