The surrey home where john lennon penned some of the beatles biggest hits has listed for 8 9m.
John lennon kenwood attic.
Purchased by the musician and his first wife cynthia in 1964 at the peak of beatlemania kenwood sits in 1 5 acres on the st george s hill estate in weybridge.
Walter strach and james isherwood.
John lennon and george harrison hanging curtains inside kenwood circa 1964.
Any taped compilation of john s greatest hits would in my book have pedro the fisherman as a minimum requirement.
The kenwood attic demos show all every and neither side o the man.
Cliff richard and tom jones had earlier bought homes on the st.
I am pretty sure paul rues the day he sent her to talk to john if he d of treated her as he did countless groupies had a quick shag given her a few lyrics for john cage s birthday and been done with it john more than likely would never have met her.
Given free rein by lennon partridge s team often worked while he was away on tour and cynthia with an infant son retreated to the house s small attic flat.
The attic studio kenwood beatle john lennon bought his home kenwood on july 15 1964 on the advice of the beatles accountants dr.
With all that going on john lennon and his wife cynthia decided to buy a house in surrey they settled on kenwood in the leafy enclave of st george s hill paying 20 000 for a house which was 51 years old at the time and in need of some work.
Lennon was resident with wife cynthia and son julian from the summer of 1964 until the late spring of 1968.
George s hill estate for 20 000 on 15 july 1964 on the advice of the beatles accountants dr walter strach and james isherwood.
Kenwood has become the stuff of legend.
The story goes that john was having problems finding a suitable chauffeur and so brian epstein upon visiting kenwood one day and noticing les cleaning a roller in the drive of an adjacent property made him an offer he couldn t refuse.