UK ‘Shark House’ owner dismayed at getting protected status

An Oxford, England house with a sculpture of a shark sticking out of its roof has received protected landmark status, to the dismay of the home’s owner. Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons. Attribution: The shark at Headington by Gareth James. Shared under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic license.
An Oxford, England house with a sculpture of a shark sticking out of its roof has received protected landmark status, to the dismay of the home’s owner. Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons. Attribution: The shark at Headington by Gareth James. Shared under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic license.
An Oxford, England house with a sculpture of a shark sticking out of its roof has received protected landmark status, to the dismay of the home’s owner. Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons. Attribution: The shark at Headington by Gareth James. Shared under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic license.

LONDON (AP) – The 25-foot tall (7.6 meter) sculpture of a shark crashing through the roof of Magnus Hanson-Heine’s house in rural Oxford, England, is now a protected landmark – and he’s not happy about it.

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