Landmark Shark Attack

Government officials have declared an Oxford home's shark roof sculpture a protected landmark, against the wishes of the current owner of the house.

In 1986, Bill Heine installed a sculpture of a 25-foot shark crashing through the roof of his home in Oxford, England, without getting the approval of local planning officials. His son, Magnus Hanson-Heine, said his father didn't believe the government should be able to decide what art people should see. After spending years trying to get it removed, the local council has declared the shark a protected landmark—against the wishes of Hanson-Heine, who now owns the house.

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[Ragnarredbeard]

Not a problem. Accidental fires happen all the time in those old houses.

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[The Encogitationer]

Especially if the shark had a laser beam on it's head. 😉

[Longtobefree]

It looks like that sculpture is large enough to hide several council bodies

[Quo Usque Tandem]

Tear it down and destroy it; then leave it up to the bureaucrats to do something about it. That is how it got there in the first place.

[Brandybuck]

It's England. They would force him to restore it.

[Hank Phillips]

Same as San Francisco, where "too much" remodeling is an ex-post-facto "violation." Violation is by definition the failure to cringe, kowtow and bootlick in response to officious boot-heels crushing the rights of individuals.

[yet another dave]

I assume dear ol'dad is spinning in his grave at what a bootlicker his hyphenated named son has become. Or perhaps laughing at Monty Pythonesque beauty of it...

[Agammamon]

If there's anything that modern life should be teaching people is that you never build for the future.

No building, sculpture, whatever, should be made to last more than 2 decades. Build it cheap, tear it down, and then build it again.

You can't get stuck with 'historic property' if you keep leveling it every couple of decades.

[Agammamon]

After spending years trying to get it removed, the local council has declared the shark a protected landmark—against the wishes of Hanson-Heine, who now owns the house.

Because its always been about power.

[JerrySTL]

I had the pleasure of seeing that building and shark when I was stationed at RAF Upper Heyford which is close to Oxford.

[Pittenger32]

Great

[Wally]

so, just remove it and dare them to do anything about it. Sounds to me like everyone just wants it to go away and I bet there would not be much of a fight. Of course, people now have been conditioned to be subjects of the government and not speak out against anything