What was the name of C.S. Lewis’s Oxford home from 1930?

The Kilns was the name of C.S. Lewis’s Oxford home from 1930.

The Kilns was a house near Headington Quarry, east of Oxford. Lewis shared it for many years with his brother Warren, known as Warnie, and it became the setting for much of his private and social life. The property took its name from lime kilns that had existed nearby.

Lewis bought the house in 1930 with Warren and Owen Barfield, although Barfield later withdrew from the arrangement. The home was not an Oxford college residence, so it is separate from Magdalen College, where Lewis was a fellow and tutor. It is also unrelated to Little Lea, the Belfast house where Lewis spent part of his childhood.

The Kilns became associated with Lewis’s writing, hospitality, and conversations with friends. The house was later connected with the C.S. Lewis Foundation and has been preserved as a site of literary interest. Its name is sometimes confused with the Eagle and Child, which was a pub where the Inklings met.