The Kilns was the house near Oxford where C.S. Lewis lived for much of his writing career.
Lewis moved to The Kilns in 1929 and lived there until his death in 1963. The house stands near Headington Quarry, east of Oxford, and became closely connected with the circle of writers and scholars around Lewis. His brother Warren lived with him for many years, and J.R.R. Tolkien was among the friends who visited.
The name can be confused with Little Lea, the Belfast home of Lewis’s childhood, or with the Eagle and Child, the Oxford pub associated with meetings of the Inklings. The Kilns was a private home, not a university college or literary club.
The house takes its name from lime kilns that once operated nearby. It has since been associated with the C.S. Lewis Foundation, which has worked to preserve the property and use it for educational and scholarly purposes. The setting helped anchor Lewis’s domestic, academic, and literary life in Oxford.