251 Menlove Avenue

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Mendips, where John Lennon lived from 1945 to 1963. The house bears the Blue Plaque of English Heritage . Lennon's room was reportedly on the upper floor above the entrance.

251 Menlove Avenue , also known as Mendips , is the house where John Lennon , singer and songwriter for the British rock band The Beatles, lived from 1945 to 1963. The semi-detached house , built in 1933, belonged to Lennon's aunt Mary "Mimi" Smith (1906–1991) and her husband George Smith (1903–1955). The house is located in Liverpool 's Woolton district and is listed as a Category II building on the British List of Monuments . The National Trust is responsible for maintaining the building .

Lennon had lived in Mendips since he was five, after Mary Smith convinced his mother, Julia Lennon, who was then living with her boyfriend, that it would be better for John to grow up with her and her husband. When John Lennon finally left Mendips in mid-1963, he was 22 years old. Mary "Mimi" Smith lived in Mendips until 1965 , after which she moved into a bungalow in the southern English coastal town of Poole , which John Lennon had bought for her.

National Trust

Entrance to Mendips

Although the National Trust had acquired 20 Forthlin Road , where Paul McCartney spent his teenage years, as early as 1995 , the organization showed no interest in buying 251 Menlove Avenue as well. The reason given was that, in contrast to 20 Forthlin Road, no Beatles songs had been composed there. Paul McCartney, on the other hand, recalled that at least one piece, I'll Get You , had been written there. The National Trust's official brochure also mentions the songs Please Please Me and I Call Your Name . When the owner of the house died, Lennon's widow Yoko Ono bought the property in 2002 for about £ 150,000  and gave it to the National Trust. She asked for the house to be restored to the way it was in the 1950s and to bring John Lennon's history to visitors.

"When John's house came up for sale I wanted to preserve it for the people of Liverpool and John Lennon and Beatles' fans all over the world."

"When John's house came up for sale, I wanted to keep it for the people of Liverpool and for the fans of John Lennon and The Beatles around the world."

- Yoko Ono

The restoration on behalf of the National Trust was completed in 2003. It has been possible to visit the house since March 27, 2003. To do this, it is necessary to book a guided tour which also includes 20 Forthlin Road .

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  1. ↑ BBC News - Lennon and McCartney homes given Grade II listed status . bbc.co.uk. February 29, 2012. Retrieved February 27, 2015.
  2. ↑ Bill Harry: The Ultimate Beatles Encyclopedia . Virgin, London 1992, ISBN 0-86369-681-3 , p. 322.
  3. ^ National Trust : Mendips . Swindon, 2012. ISBN 978-1-84359-071-2 . P. 9.
  4. ^ A short walk from Strawberry Fields: the house where Lennon grew up is given to the nation . independent.co.uk. March 28, 2003. Retrieved February 27, 2015.

Coordinates: 53 ° 22 ′ 38 "  N , 2 ° 52 ′ 52"  W.