C.S. Lewis’s Oxford home, shared with his brother Warren, was called The Kilns.
The Kilns was a house near Headington Quarry, east of Oxford, where Lewis lived from 1929 until his death in 1963. He bought the property with his brother Warren and lived there for most of his mature writing career. The house and its surrounding woodland provided a private setting for work, conversation, and hospitality.
Lewis’s friends, including J.R.R. Tolkien, visited the house, and its library and garden became part of the atmosphere associated with his Oxford life. The name refers to lime kilns that once operated in the area. The Kilns is sometimes confused with Magdalen College, where Lewis taught for many years, but the college was his workplace, not his long-term private home. The house is now associated with the C.S. Lewis Foundation.