The Kilns was the Oxford home where C.S. Lewis lived, wrote, and entertained friends.
The house stood in Headington Quarry, on the eastern side of Oxford. Lewis moved there in 1930 with his brother Warren and Mrs. Janie Moore, who had been an important figure in his early adult life. The property included woodland and ponds, features that helped make it a distinctive retreat from the city.
The Kilns became closely associated with Lewis’s writing life. He worked there on fiction, apologetics, and literary scholarship, and the house was a meeting place for friends including members of the Inklings. J.R.R. Tolkien was among the visitors connected with Lewis’s Oxford circle.
The name should not be confused with Magdalen College, where Lewis was a fellow and tutor, or with the Eagle and Child pub, where the Inklings often met. The Kilns was a private residence, not a university building or a literary club.