Foreign Property News | Posted by Si Thu Aung
The former home of J.R.R Tolkien is on the market for £4.5million.
The author lived in the the six-bedroom home with his family from 1930 to 1947 – the same time period during which he wrote The Hobbit.
He is believed to have written the novel in the drawing room of the large detached house, and began working on the Lord of the Rings trilogy here, too.
The house on Northmoor Road in Oxford is adorned with a blue plaque, which states ‘J.R.R. Tolkien, Author of Lord Of The Rings, Lived here 1930-1947’.
The property has an asking price of £4,575,000 – and an estate agent has described it as ‘an important part of Oxford’s history’.
Tolkien’s family first lived at number 22 but he later acquired the lease of the house next door, which boasts a larder, breakfast room and six bedrooms.
The home was purchased by a private buyer in 2004 for more than £1.5 million.
Despite having no special architectural qualities, it was given a Grade II-listed status shortly afterwards on the basis of Tolkien’s importance.
Oxfordshire estate agents Breckon & Breckon said it was ‘situated on a generous plot within a leafy central north Oxford suburb’.
It is described as ‘substantial’, covering ‘over two floors providing almost 4,000 sq ft of accommodation’.
J.R.R Tolkien died in 1973 but the popularity of his works remains undimmed, with Amazon Studios recently announcing a Lord of the Rings television series.
Ref: Property Report
