JOHN LENNON'S HOUSES~BEATLES HOMES - MENDIPS~KENWOOD~TITTENHURST PARK~THE DAKOTA APARTMENTS

JOHN LENNON'S HOUSES IN ENGLAND AND NEW YORK

MENDIPS - 251 MENLOVE AVENUE, WOOLTON, LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND
TAKE A TRIP AND MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR TO JOHN LENNON'S HOUSES AND FLY AROUND AND ABOVE HIS CHILDHOOD HOME IN LIVERPOOL IN ENGLAND, UK, CALLED MENDIPS IN WOOLTON, SOUTH LIVERPOOL. JOHN'S AUNT MIMI OWNED THIS HOUSE AND JOHN MOVED THERE IN JULY 1946 AT THE AGE OF FIVE FROM 9 NEWCASTLE ROAD, LIVERPOOL DUE HIS MOTHER NOT BEING CAPABLE OF LOOKING AFTER JOHN SO HIS AUNT MIMI DECIDED IT WOULD BE BEST FOR JOHN TO LIVE WITH HER AND HIS UNCLE GEORGE. JOHN WOULD REMAIN THERE UNTIL LATE 1963 AND AFTER HE BECAME FAMOUS AND WITH A NEW WIFE, CYNTHIA, HIS WAS ABLE TO BUY A HOUSE IN 1964. IN 2002 YOKO ONO BOUGHT THE HOUSE AND DONATED IT TO THE NATIONAL TRUST.

KENWOOD, ST GEORGE'S HILL, WEYBRIDGE, SURREY, ENGLAND
IN 1964 JOHN LENNON BOUGHT A BIG MOCK TUDOR HOUSE CALLED KENWOOD WITH HIS NEW WIFE CYNTHIA IN AN EXCLUSIVE ESTATE OF WEYBRIDGE, SURREY CALLED ST GEORGE'S HILL. JOHN PAID £20,000 ON 15 JULY 1964 AND SUBSEQUENTLY SPENT A FURTHER £40,000 ON RENOVATIONS. TOWARS THE END OF 1968 AND DUE TO JOHN AND CYTHIA GETTING A DIVORCE, THE HOUSE WAS SOLD FOR A REPUTED £40,000.

TITTENHURST PARK, ASCOT, BERKSHIRE, ENGLAND
IN THE SUMMER OF 1969, JOHN LENNON BOUGHT THIS GRADE II GEORGIAN COUNTRY HOUSE WITH IT'S 72 ACRES OF LAND FOR £145,000. YOKO ONO MOVED IN WITH JOHN AND THEY THEN SPENT NEARLY £300,000 ON RENOVATIONS AND ALSO INSTALLED A MAN MADE LAKE WITH AN ISLAND FOR WHICH THEY DID NOT GAIN PLANNING PERMISSION FOR.
THE LAST BEATLES PHOTO SESSION TOOK PLACE AT THIS HOUSE ON 22 AUGUST 1969 AND THE PHOTOS WERE USED FOR THE FRONT AND BACK COVERS OF THE US ALBUM 'HEY JUDE'. JOHN ALSO BUILT HIS OWN RECORDING STUDIO HERE CALLED ASCOT SOUND STUDIOS.
THE WHITE INTERIOR OF TITTENHURST WAS ALSO USED IN A FILM TO PROMOTE THE SINGLE 'IMAGINE' WHERE JOHN LENNON PLAYS A WHITE GRAND PIANO.

APARTMENT 72, THE DAKOTO BUILDING, 1 WEST 72ND STREET, MANHATTAN, NEW YORK
DURING 1970 AND 1971, JOHN AND YOKO BEGAN TO VISIT NEW YORK AND LATER RENTED AN APARTMENT. ON 31 AUGUST 1971, JOHN AND YOKO MOVED TO NEW YORK CITY PERMANENTLY AND NEVER CAME BACK TO ENGLAND.
IN 1973 JOHN AND YOKO BOUGHT APARTMENT 72 ON THE SEVENTH FLOOR FROM ACTOR ROBERT RYAN. JOHN LIVED THERE UNTIL HIS UNTIMELY DEATH IN 1980 AFTER BEING SHOT DEAD ON 8 DECEMBER OUTSIDE THE ENTRANCE OF THE DAKOTA BUILDING.

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