Kenwood

Not this titting photo again ...even I am saying it. Oh yes...this photo is the most familiar remnant of Lennon-era Kenwood; it's been ...

June 29, 1967 was a busy day chez Lennon. Not only was he playing host to Simon and Marijke and being fitted with new clothing courtesy of a...

Particularly back in the day, Kenwood, as has been noted at some length, was an eccentric structure...and no part illustrates that better th...

Many details are still unclear, naturally, but in recent weeks most of the big questions regarding the Lennon-era layout of Kenwood have bee...

7 Leicester Place - the entrance to what was, for a relatively short period in the mid-60s, the Ad Lib club. The doorway didn't really l...

We have seen the photo of John with his outsize horn before - but, crucially, not uncropped - and it's the extra portion which, at long ...

The attic area - ca. October 1964; marked on the plan "Left As Existing". This, of course, was where John, Cynthia and Julian live...

Cynthia, in her most recent autobiography, specifically remembers the "his and hers" basins in their bedroom suite - and sure enou...

Moving on to the bathroom, the Partridge plan identifies the corresponding window, to the south of the house: I think this also confirms tha...

The master bedroom during John's time at Kenwood was really a suite of three - the bedroom itself, a dressing room and a bathroom. Inter...

Much of what this blog concerns itself with is conjecture, guesswork and, frankly, jibber-jabber; I've been very wrong indeed at least a...

Another fantastic "new" shot of the piano being decorated by Simon & Marijke, courtesy of Ron de Bruijn. This is the best view...

Blog reader Ron de Bruijn has very kindly sent me some scans of Dutch periodical PEP 41, dated October 14, 1967, which has a fascinating two...

Presumably secured at Kenwood, the date on these is interesting - 22nd April, 1968: ie a week after John and Cynthia's return from India...

The uncropped version of this pic, which I hadn't seen before, provides a good view of the original pool area. This was moved, of course...

We have seen both of these many times before...and yet...I've comped the two widest perspective shots to give the "best" view ...

I've already explained why this is one of my favourite photos, and so I couldn't resist going into it a little more (and possibly a ...