MidnightVoice
November 23rd, 2004, 4:55:42 PM
http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/11/23/tolkein.house.ap/index.html
The house where J.R.R. Tolkien wrote "The Hobbit" and the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy is to be placed on a national list of historically significant buildings, city officials said Tuesday.
The author lived in the eight-bedroom house in the suburbs of Oxford, central England, from 1930-47 while teaching Anglo-Saxon at Oxford University.
The famous works are believed to have been written in the drawing room of the house at No. 20, Northmoor Road.
Built in the 1920s, the house is of no great architectural significance. Listing will help to ensure that it remains unchanged.
"Buildings are usually listed because of their fine architecture or unique design," said Heritage Minister Andrew McIntosh. "But we can also give protection to buildings that have historical association with nationally important people or events."
He said the house "is largely unaltered since Tolkien's time, with original doors, door handles and ornate window catches. As such, it is an important part of our national heritage, and worthy of the additional layer of protection that listing brings."
The house where J.R.R. Tolkien wrote "The Hobbit" and the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy is to be placed on a national list of historically significant buildings, city officials said Tuesday.
The author lived in the eight-bedroom house in the suburbs of Oxford, central England, from 1930-47 while teaching Anglo-Saxon at Oxford University.
The famous works are believed to have been written in the drawing room of the house at No. 20, Northmoor Road.
Built in the 1920s, the house is of no great architectural significance. Listing will help to ensure that it remains unchanged.
"Buildings are usually listed because of their fine architecture or unique design," said Heritage Minister Andrew McIntosh. "But we can also give protection to buildings that have historical association with nationally important people or events."
He said the house "is largely unaltered since Tolkien's time, with original doors, door handles and ornate window catches. As such, it is an important part of our national heritage, and worthy of the additional layer of protection that listing brings."