Tittenhurst Park | estate (manor / mansion land)

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John Lennon and Yoko Ono's old house. Tittenhurst Park was the home of John Lennon and Yoko Ono from the late summer of 1969 until August 1971, and then the home of Ringo Starr and family until the late 1980s. It is located on a hundred-acre estate in Ascot, England. Lennon purchased this Georgian manor house and land after the sale of Kenwood, his earlier home with first wife Cynthia Lennon, because of its resemblance to Calderstones Park in Liverpool, where he had spent time as a child. He and Ono spent twice what the estate originally cost, transforming the interior of the house to their liking, commissioning a set of hand-woven Oriental rugs, and installing a man-made lake which they could see from their bedroom window.
In September 1973, Ringo Starr bought Tittenhurst. Ringo lived here until early 1988, selling to the ruler of Abu Dhabi (Sheik Zayed bin Sultan al-Nahyan). In 1989/1990 the house and grounds underwent extensive rebuilding, including the erection of a three-metre-high security wall around the entire estate. During this £55 million renovation, almost all of the Lennon/Starkey fittings were scrapped.
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Coordinates:   51°24'16"N   -0°37'55"E

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  • Heaven is acquiring some band with the passing of so many musical greats. Thank God that these musicians lived, as they salved our souls, and enhanced our lives.................
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