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  • The E-Sylum: Volume 7, Number 48, November 28, 2004, Article 13

    NEED MORE ROOM FOR BOOKS? KNOCK OUT A WALL

    Local officials have given landmark preservation protection
    to the eight-bedroom house in Oxford, southern England, which
    was home to author J.R.R. Tolkien when he wrote his fantasy
    tales of The Hobbit and the Lord of the Rings. As a recent
    Reuters story noted, the author had the same problem faced
    by many bibliophiles: not enough room for his books.

    "The house -- at 20 Northmoor Road, Oxford -- was built by a
    local architect in 1924 for Basil Blackwell, then the owner
    of a now famous bookshop Blackwells.

    Tolkien lived there from 1930 to 1947 and is known to have
    written The Hobbit and most of The Lord of the Rings trilogy
    in the drawing room.

    The interior structure remains largely unaltered from the
    original plan, except for one wall which was removed by
    Tolkien himself between the former study and drawing room.

    Heritage experts say Tolkien wanted to increase the size of
    his study to accommodate the growing number of reference
    books he needed to write his epic works."

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