JRRT's House for sale

The Gaffer · 05-25-2004, 02:22 PM

BBC Story

If you've got a spare 1.5million, it's yours!

***Sister Golden Hair*** · 05-25-2004, 02:28 PM

Moving to the Middle-earth forum.

ranger · 05-26-2004, 08:50 PM

that would be AWESOME!!!! if i had several mil....

Quote:

i am a ranger....i will protect the weak and the helpless i will fight for right and what i believe( you insult my family, friends hobbies.......i will fight for it ) aragorn (viggo) rocks!

ranger · 05-26-2004, 08:52 PM

actuly i dont think they should sell it.... it should be a landmark

Quote:

i am a ranger....i will protect the weak and the helpless i will fight for right and what i believe( you insult my family, friends hobbies.......i will fight for it ) aragorn (viggo) rocks

Mrs Maggot · 05-28-2004, 12:12 AM

I think it would be fantasic if some Tolkien-crazy person bought it and turned it into a museum… and we could all make pilgrimages to it… sigh

Tuor of Gondolin · 05-28-2004, 10:09 AM

The house where the celebrated author JRR Tolkien is reported to have written The Hobbit and part of Lord of the Rings has gone on sale for £1.5m.
"It has got an amazing history having been built for Basil Blackwell, the famous Oxford publishers, and then the principal Oxford home for the Tolkien family."
Viewing sessions are due to begin next week."
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I wonder how many LOTR fans will pretend to be interested just to get a tour.

Given that it is the residence when he wrote the hobbit and LOTR it would be fitting as a museum, etc. But I imagine cranky old CT wouldn't approve

.I just hope the buyer doesn't chop it up into a number of condominiums or even tear it down.

Anyway, it seems a lot more meaningful then buying Harry Potter's aunt and uncle's house.

The Gaffer · 05-28-2004, 11:00 AM

Presumably it's privately owned. Sadly, the condo solution is fairly likely, given the insanity of house prices in Oxford.

Here's an idea, all Entmoot members can send me a grand, I'll buy it then promise to live in it with due deference. You can all come round once a year to pay homage

I'll even plant some taters in the garden...

Tuor of Gondolin · 05-28-2004, 11:30 AM

Hmm, is that grand pounds or dollars?

While I've been in the Bird and Baby and visited Inkling gravesites (JRRT, C.S. Lewis and Charles Williams), haven't really noticed the house that's now up for sale. While it seems to be fairly large, is in the center of Oxford, and has a garden (small?), 3 million dollars (or euros) does seem a bit pricy. And in the mid-twentieth century an Oxford Don could live in it with a large family (and without his wife working)! The times they are a-changin'.

P.S. My favorite museum in England is in Oxford, Pitt Rivers. It rather reminds me of the University of Pennsylvania Museum in Philadelphia. The U. of P. Museum has mummies, models of Egyptian buildings, large Chinese ceramic horses, Amazon warrior-type breastplates, and other anthropological items from around the world. As kids we'd go there (free admission) and roam around inside and out.

sun-star · 05-28-2004, 12:21 PM

Compare with:

Another Tolkien house

I'm not sure I'd be so keen on a house in that condition if I weren't a Tolkien fan!

Tuor, I used to love the Pitt Rivers too, but I haven't been there in years...

05-25-2004, 02:22 PM	#1
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05-28-2004, 12:12 AM	#5
Mrs Maggot Enting Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: The Shire…Ok, western Sydney … & proud of it Posts: 85	I think it would be fantasic if some Tolkien-crazy person bought it and turned it into a museum… and we could all make pilgrimages to it… sigh __________________ Anyone looking for some mushrooms?

05-28-2004, 10:09 AM	#6
Tuor of Gondolin Elf Lord Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Southeastern Pennsylvania Posts: 1,215	The house where the celebrated author JRR Tolkien is reported to have written The Hobbit and part of Lord of the Rings has gone on sale for £1.5m. "It has got an amazing history having been built for Basil Blackwell, the famous Oxford publishers, and then the principal Oxford home for the Tolkien family." Viewing sessions are due to begin next week." ---------------------------------------------- I wonder how many LOTR fans will pretend to be interested just to get a tour. Given that it is the residence when he wrote the hobbit and LOTR it would be fitting as a museum, etc. But I imagine cranky old CT wouldn't approve .I just hope the buyer doesn't chop it up into a number of condominiums or even tear it down. Anyway, it seems a lot more meaningful then buying Harry Potter's aunt and uncle's house. __________________ Democrat for Kerry-Edwards! Take Back America Aure entuluva! Last edited by Tuor of Gondolin : 05-28-2004 at 10:18 AM.

05-28-2004, 11:00 AM	#7
The Gaffer Elf Lord Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: In me taters Posts: 3,288	Presumably it's privately owned. Sadly, the condo solution is fairly likely, given the insanity of house prices in Oxford. Here's an idea, all Entmoot members can send me a grand, I'll buy it then promise to live in it with due deference. You can all come round once a year to pay homage I'll even plant some taters in the garden... Last edited by The Gaffer : 05-28-2004 at 11:03 AM.

05-28-2004, 11:30 AM	#8
Tuor of Gondolin Elf Lord Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Southeastern Pennsylvania Posts: 1,215	Hmm, is that grand pounds or dollars? While I've been in the Bird and Baby and visited Inkling gravesites (JRRT, C.S. Lewis and Charles Williams), haven't really noticed the house that's now up for sale. While it seems to be fairly large, is in the center of Oxford, and has a garden (small?), 3 million dollars (or euros) does seem a bit pricy. And in the mid-twentieth century an Oxford Don could live in it with a large family (and without his wife working)! The times they are a-changin'. P.S. My favorite museum in England is in Oxford, Pitt Rivers. It rather reminds me of the University of Pennsylvania Museum in Philadelphia. The U. of P. Museum has mummies, models of Egyptian buildings, large Chinese ceramic horses, Amazon warrior-type breastplates, and other anthropological items from around the world. As kids we'd go there (free admission) and roam around inside and out. __________________ Democrat for Kerry-Edwards! Take Back America Aure entuluva!

05-28-2004, 12:21 PM	#9
sun-star Lady of Letters Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Either Oxford or Kent, England Posts: 2,476	Compare with: Another Tolkien house I'm not sure I'd be so keen on a house in that condition if I weren't a Tolkien fan! Tuor, I used to love the Pitt Rivers too, but I haven't been there in years... __________________ And all the time the waves, the waves, the waves Chase, intersect and flatten on the sand As they have done for centuries, as they will For centuries to come, when not a soul Is left to picnic on the blazing rocks, When England is not England, when mankind Has blown himself to pieces. Still the sea, Consolingly disastrous, will return While the strange starfish, hugely magnified, Waits in the jewelled basin of a pool.

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