What was the name of C.S. Lewis’s home near Oxford?

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

Lewis shared The Kilns with his brother Warren and, for many years, with Mrs. Moore, the mother of his wartime friend Paddy Moore. The house and its surrounding woodland provided a private setting for writing, conversation, and hospitality. Lewis’s friend J.R.R. Tolkien was among the visitors associated with his Oxford circle.

The name is linked to the former brickworks and kilns in the area. The Kilns is sometimes confused with the Eagle and Child pub, where Oxford writers met, but that was a public meeting place rather than Lewis’s residence. The house is now associated with the C.S. Lewis Foundation.