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The Surrey home where John Lennon penned some of the Beatles biggest hits has listed for £8.9m.
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.
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Lennon hired interior designer Kenneth Partridge to overhaul the house. Partridge knocked down walls to create party-friendly reception rooms and installed mauve flocked wallpaper and a globe-shaped bar. The musician – who wrote ‘I Am the Walrus’ in the attic – sold the home just four years later when the couple separated.
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There’s little trace of Partridge left in the six-bedroom home’s interiors, which have been renovated by the current owners. Spacious rooms feature leaded windows that look onto the mansion’s stepped garden, while the living room comes with a fireplace and original wood-panelling.
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A vaulted games room leads down to a cinema, and there’s also a library, sauna and wine cellar. The separate one-bedroom coach house offers room for extra guests, and has a detached indoor swimming pool.
The Surrey property, which is 18 miles from London, is on the market with Knight Frank for £8.9m – somewhat more than the £20k Lennon originally paid for it.
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