The Kilns became C.S. Lewis’s home from 1947 until his death.
The Kilns is a house in Headington Quarry, near Oxford, that Lewis purchased with his brother Warren and their friend Janie Moore. Lewis moved there in 1947 and lived at the property until his death in 1963. The house took its name from nearby brick kilns associated with the area’s industrial past.
The property provided a quieter setting away from central Oxford. Lewis wrote there, entertained friends, and walked in the surrounding countryside. Warren Lewis also lived at The Kilns for many years, helping maintain the household and recording aspects of their shared life.
The house is especially associated with Lewis’s later career and with the circle of friends who visited him. It has since been preserved and is connected with the C.S. Lewis Foundation. The Kilns is sometimes confused with Magdalen College, but Magdalen was his college workplace, not his long-term home.