What was C.S. Lewis’s Oxford home called?

C.S. Lewis’s Oxford home was called The Kilns. The house stood near Headington Quarry, outside central Oxford, and Lewis lived there from 1930 until his death in 1963.

Lewis shared The Kilns with his brother Warren for much of that period. The house was also associated with Lewis’s close friends and with the intellectual and social life surrounding the Inklings. Its rural setting offered a contrast to the city and became part of the Lewis household’s identity.

The name refers to lime kilns that once operated nearby. The property later became connected with efforts to preserve and study Lewis’s legacy. It should not be confused with Magdalen College, where Lewis held his Oxford academic fellowship, because The Kilns was his private residence.