Project Northmoor - Save Tolkien's Home

[Alatar]

Support the campaign to save J.R.R. Tolkien’s home and establish a literary centre.
20 Northmoor Road is his former home in Oxford where he wrote The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings.

https://www.projectnorthmoor.org/

https://www.projectnorthmoor.org/video

IF WE RAISE:
£4 million ($5.4 million USD) – we can buy the house.
£4.5m ($6.1MM USD) (For another £500 000) – we could renovate it into a homely house Tolkien would recognise and restore the garden.
£4.6m ($6.2MM USD) (For another £100 000) – we could establish a fund for bursaries to help those from a low-income background come to the house for one of the creative courses or special events.
£ 4.7m ($6.3MM USD) (For another £200 000) – we could build a hobbit house at the end of the garden.
£4.8m ($6.45 MM USD) (For another £200 000) – we could build a flet in Tolkien’s tree and Smaug’s lair for pipe smokers.

[yovargas]

This seems a bit odd to me cuz, isn't the Tolkien estate pretty darn rich? Hard to imagine they couldn't do this themselves if they wanted to.

[elengil]

This seems a bit odd to me cuz, isn't the Tolkien estate pretty darn rich? Hard to imagine they couldn't do this themselves if they wanted to.

That was my thought, right after I choked on 4 million pounds. It would be an awesome project, but...

[Frelga]

Who is the we who will buy the house?

Also, 4 million is something the estate could get with a snap of the fingers in the direction of anyone who would love to film bits of Silmarillion.

[Lalaith]

But I think the point is that they're not doing any of this, it seems. I mean, I think it's a cool idea, and I might chip in a bit.

[Frelga]

I'm still not clear who owns the house now, whether they have any intention of selling it or giving the public access to it, and who proposes to own and maintain it for this project.

[Inanna]

This looks like a way of creating an expensive B&B, funded by fans. Really.

[Inanna]

I'm still not clear who owns the house now, whether they have any intention of selling it or giving the public access to it, and who proposes to own and maintain it for this project.

The FAQ answers that. One couple living close by - an author and her husband will own it & maintain it and rent it out to people to stay in and have events in.