Kenwood: pre-sunroom shiznit.

Early 1965, and 3 photos featuring an anonymous Kenwood related person; John's renovations remain incomplete, to the extent that what turned out to be the most famous room in the house hasn't even been built yet.
The first, above, shows the door to the laundry, outside of which squat Julian plus said anonymous Kenwood related person, to the right of which would soon see the sunroom.
Compare with the view a couple o' years later:

John and Yoko would also be "photoed" on these very steps in December 1968:

Second, and moving on to the boot: at last, an exact location - half-way up the front drive, a fact confirmed by Dot Jarlett's e-book (of which, more anon):

Frontage and, moreover, etc:

Finally, and thank etc., a spot o' carpet beating outside the living room:

More thanks to Mr L.

Kenwood: pool, ca '66/ '67.

Julian hingin' aboot the pool at Kenwood, as above. Gratings o' the season to all, if one must... and thanks to Joe Baiardi for sending this in.

Kenwood: knee of Sydney, 1965.

Lennon Jnr the first, together with the hitherto unseen knee of Sydney, inside Kenwood circa 1965. Sydney was Ken Partridge's doing, and he (Sydney, not Partridge) stood in the entrance hall (though Partridge must also have stood in the entrance hallIamlosingthewilltolive), for a while at least:


So, was the "new" Julian pic also taken there? Note the skirting, as seen in the dining room, and the drawing room:


Again, I dunno if it was. It may have been taken in one of the above rooms when the wall mural was being taken off and exchanged for the hulking bookcase. Or not. And does it matter? Now, that I do know.

Thanks to Joe Baiardi.

Kenwood: a map with bottles in etc.

Extreme trivia this may be, but many of the fixtures and fittings from the Lennon-era Kenwood have appeared on the open market - largely as a result of Cynthia's "car boot sale" in the early '90s. Above can be seen the Asprey's globe cocktail cabinet (or, in John's words, the "map of the world that has bottles in it") that sat from 1965-1968 in the den; in-situ in Cathy Kelleher Sarver's snapshot from '68, then, below that, over Tony Wilson's shoulder as he interviewed Cynthia at home in the mid-1980s, and finally at auction in 1991, where its estimate was £600-800.
Cynthia also interviewed Julian chez...err...Penrith around this time, and one or two bits of Kenwood detritus can be seen floating about (not literally). For example, the lithograph after Basilus Besler, which used to hang in the dining room at Kenwood; for a second time, to the rear of Julian:


At one point, the pair are pictured going through some old scrap-books of family snaps, some of which are instantly recognisable to anyone who follows this guff:


...and some of which, intriguingly enough, aren't.
Cynthia's Kenwood residue was sold over three auctions at Christie's, and included one or two other very familiar bits and pieces, such as the Persian rug from the sunroom, as pictured on June 29, 1967:


Julian has been re-buying a lot of these items, and a book is soon to appear on this very subject.

Kenwood Pool 3: June, 1967.

Three of John and Julian on the diving board. More pool to follow...

Kenwood: Julian, circa 1967.

Taken by John in the grounds at Kenwood, this pic shows...well, you can read about it yourself by clicking on the article. Many thanks to Bruno Dupont for passing this on.

Kenwood: Julian, swimming pool etc.

Circa 66/67. The second one presumably in or near Kenwood.

St George's Hill: Julian.

Here is Julian learning to ride a bike on St George's Hill. According to Ms Bedford's book, a member of the Apple Scruffs went to Kenwood one day, only to be greeted by Julian at the side of the gate - "Daddy says fuck off". She gave him, en riposte, a "light spanking" and sent him on his way howling in exaggerated pain. The next thing she knew, there was John, castigating her, quite rightly, for hitting his child; upon which she proceeded to lay into John for instructing his son (as he had done) to tell people hanging around outside Kenwood to "fuck off". John laughed, invitations to tea inside Kenwood were made and accepted, and there we go, but where are the photos, I ask ye? (Daddy Says Fuck Off would have been a good name for this blog.) Incidentally, the sign "Birches Over" refers to the name of one of Kenwood's near neighbours (house, not owner).