The Kilns was the Oxford home where C.S. Lewis lived for much of his life.
The Kilns was a house in Headington Quarry, on the eastern edge of Oxford. Lewis moved there in 1930 with his brother Warren and lived there for the rest of his life. The property took its name from nearby lime kilns, reflecting the area’s industrial history before it became associated with the author.
The house was an important setting for Lewis’s domestic and literary life. Warren Lewis kept extensive diaries, and the brothers shared the home with friends and visitors. J.R.R. Tolkien and other members of the Inklings were among the people connected with Lewis’s Oxford circle, although the Inklings’ regular meeting place was the Eagle and Child pub.
The Kilns is sometimes confused with Magdalen College, where Lewis taught, or with the Eagle and Child, where the Inklings met. The house is now associated with the C.S. Lewis Foundation and has hosted visitors and scholars interested in his life.