John’s Old House For Sale
According to a report posted on Bloomberg.com John Lennon’s former home in the U.K., where he lived as the Beatles rose to fame and his first marriage crumbled, is up for sale for 5.95 million pounds ($11.1 million). The six-bedroom house, known as Kenwood, outside Weybridge, Surrey, is 24 miles southwest of London and has six bedrooms, five reception rooms, a playroom, sauna and swimming pool, according to an advertisement in Country Life magazine by estate agents Knight Frank.Lennon bought the property in 1964 and lived there with his first wife Cynthia and son Julian until 1968, when the two split and John linked up with Japanese artist Yoko Ono. Fellow Beatles Ringo Starr and George Harrison also lived in the area, though Lennon didn’t enjoy it.
“It’s a nice house, in the stockbroker belt,” said Richard Porter, who guides 8,000 Beatles fans a year around London and helps run the British Beatles Fan Club. “In the 60s, Ringo lived nearby and George just down the road in Esher. But John later said he felt isolated there.”
A spokeswoman from Knight Frank declined to comment. The house is advertised in the current issue of Country Life dated Oct. 5.
