John Lennon's Tittenhurst Park estate

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  • The 'Imagine' house: John Lennon's Tittenhurst Park estate.
    The house where John Lennon recorded the 'Imagine' song and album. It's also where he filmed the music video for the song 'Imagine'.
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  • @dakotaday8083
    @dakotaday8083 4 місяці тому +12

    We really appreciate the great effort and lengths you go to produce and provide all the informative films and full historical details. This one in particular is of great long standing interest to us so on behalf us and the rest of the the UA-cam community we just like to say Thank you 😊

    • @LTJones
      @LTJones  4 місяці тому

      Thank you so much Dakotaday8083

  • @stevena3244
    @stevena3244 4 місяці тому +9

    🎼🎵🎶 Imagine if he stayed there,
    It's easy if you try.
    No lunatics to end him,
    No need to say goodbye.
    Imagine all the new tunes,
    He could've given to the world. Yoo hoo 🎵🎶

    • @jaelge
      @jaelge 4 місяці тому +1

      First you'd have to imagine no Yoko, the one who drove him off the rails, but musically he was spent toward the end of the Beatles, so youre really crying over spilt milk.

    • @Driessens_Peter
      @Driessens_Peter 4 місяці тому

      that lunatic would have travelled towards Tittenhurst anyway. The outcome could be difirent yes,

  • @andylucas4031
    @andylucas4031 4 місяці тому +8

    Great vid LT seeing the unseen..If he stayed here perhaps he would still be alive today.Think of all the great songs we have missed..

    • @LTJones
      @LTJones  4 місяці тому +2

      Yes it's very sad when you think about it. Thank you Andy

    • @myself3209
      @myself3209 4 місяці тому

      Think of all the great songs we got

  • @RetroEli82
    @RetroEli82 4 місяці тому +3

    Man that's a nice looking place, I never knew about this place until watching this video. Another great video LT

    • @LTJones
      @LTJones  4 місяці тому +1

      Thank you very much

  • @sidwallace6053
    @sidwallace6053 4 місяці тому +6

    After Lennon sold it to Ringo in ‘73 he then sold it to the Arabs who completely renovated it but then left it to go derelict before Yoko bought it back in 2002,she in turn sold it to the National Trust to stop it from being demolished and or falling into the hands of property speculators,nevertheless a great and much appreciated video mate

    • @LTJones
      @LTJones  4 місяці тому +3

      Hi, i belive that it was Lennon's childhood home that was bought by Yoko Ono and given to the NT. Thanks for watching

  • @nervo6321
    @nervo6321 4 місяці тому +2

    Great video of a truly fabulous house and grounds.cheers man.

    • @LTJones
      @LTJones  4 місяці тому +1

      Thank you Nervo6321

  • @olias2716
    @olias2716 4 місяці тому +2

    Another excellent explore and what a swanky place...!!!. I always remember watching the video to imagine and seeing the doorway which bore the legend..."This is not here".....thanks for bringing it to life..👍

    • @LTJones
      @LTJones  4 місяці тому

      Thank you so much Olias2716

  • @Tracey..H
    @Tracey..H 4 місяці тому +1

    Fantastic videos mate! Really great job!

  • @randomx8822
    @randomx8822 4 місяці тому +2

    Great stuff L.T. you pick all the right spots. So grateful for your work.

    • @LTJones
      @LTJones  4 місяці тому

      Thank you very much 👍

  • @belle2010
    @belle2010 4 місяці тому +2

    Ciao L.T ti sei superato con questo video. Sei riuscito ad entrare nei cuori delle persone che non dimenticano un musicista tra i più grandi poeti musicali del secolo.
    Questo video non ha prezzo. STUPENDO 🌹
    Con immensa STIMA MONICA ❤

    • @LTJones
      @LTJones  4 місяці тому +1

      Thank you Monica

  • @darrenpalmer4094
    @darrenpalmer4094 4 місяці тому +1

    Nice one again,with the info,and what great drone footage.thanks for this one❤👍

    • @LTJones
      @LTJones  4 місяці тому

      Thank you Darren 👍

  • @jevans9359
    @jevans9359 4 місяці тому +1

    This is amazing. Thanks for the video. Cheers from Chicago!

    • @LTJones
      @LTJones  4 місяці тому +1

      Thank you 🇺🇸

  • @RodneyBrook-xz6tc
    @RodneyBrook-xz6tc 4 місяці тому +1

    That's so great, I didn't know it was so vast as this I always wondered where it actually was situationed, thanks for you great knowledge about John Lennon's estate Many Thanks its such a very beautiful special place many Thanks your friend always Rodders 🙏🏻✌🏻💖🎸🥁🎹

    • @LTJones
      @LTJones  4 місяці тому +1

      Thank you very much Rodney

  • @Georgiegirl625
    @Georgiegirl625 2 місяці тому +1

    FUN FACT: GEORGE MICHAEL BOUGHT JOHN LENNON’S STEINWAY PIANO. It’s actually in one of your George Michael videos in his living room at the Goring home. He outbid Robbie Williams for the piano at an auction. It is a piano that John Lennon wrote IMAGINE on. 🎹

  • @abigailwolff8334
    @abigailwolff8334 4 місяці тому +2

    Wow beautiful place.
    Great video..👍✌️💚

    • @LTJones
      @LTJones  4 місяці тому

      Thank you Abigail

  • @ukphone4183
    @ukphone4183 4 місяці тому +4

    Nice one bro great watch 🎉🎉🎉

    • @LTJones
      @LTJones  4 місяці тому

      Thank you 👍

  • @Prina14
    @Prina14 4 місяці тому +1

    Thanks so much, another great video!

    • @LTJones
      @LTJones  4 місяці тому

      Thank you Prina14

  • @ПолинаГабараева
    @ПолинаГабараева 3 місяці тому +1

    Очередное классное видео спасибо большое,всё красиво ,всё отлично,успехов и здоровья вам,вы молодец.

    • @LTJones
      @LTJones  3 місяці тому

      Thank you 🙂

  • @moggy-ie6ug
    @moggy-ie6ug 4 місяці тому +1

    Great video L T 👏stick to this job, don’t become a house breaker 😊

  • @gerardquigley9129
    @gerardquigley9129 4 місяці тому +1

    Love the video LT . Could you do a video on the Irish comedian?Dave allen and find his grave.all the best 👌

    • @LTJones
      @LTJones  4 місяці тому

      Thank you. I've just had a look online and it seems the burial details are unknown i'm afraid.

  • @graham3550
    @graham3550 4 місяці тому +2

    Loved the drone footage. Went there last year. Had pretty much the same experience, even down to the security guard coming out that building to tell us to stop taking photographs. We had a nice coffee around the corner but It was a long way to go to look at some gates! I wasn't expecting anything more to be fair. Another Beatle sight ticked off!

    • @LTJones
      @LTJones  4 місяці тому

      Thanks Graham

    • @lewistaylor1965
      @lewistaylor1965 4 місяці тому +1

      Graham...Sounds like you've done some of the Beatle tours they don't advertise as I have...I nearly worked in Tittenhurst estate when a colleague said she had been asked to work there sometime around mid-90s and said she'd put a word in...I haven't seen her since...Anyhoo I haven't done Tittenhurst but I've done Hamburg Beatle haunts including the 'Rock and Roll' album cover pic (the doorway is one of several I remember and you have to cross ref. the album pic to check specific bricks to get the correct doorway) and obviously Liddypool...A few years back I was touring the states and visited B.B.Kings grave...I met a dutch guy there who said he prefered doing the Beatle walks and visits and he said he'd done the Pauls to Johns walk via the golf course which I'd done too...and he'd done the Hamburg stuff too...Seems there's a few of us Beatle nerds out there...Have fun...Lew

    • @graham3550
      @graham3550 4 місяці тому

      @@lewistaylor1965 That's brilliant. So close to getting in Tittenhurst! Yeah that trip also included Weybridge. Another place we couldn't get anywhere near the houses, and we stayed in Henley by Friar Park. Had a few pints in the Row Barge. I'm running out of places to go to be honest. I live in Liverpool so I'm lucky to have all that on my doorstep although I've never walked across the golf course. I took the street!

    • @lewistaylor1965
      @lewistaylor1965 4 місяці тому +1

      @@graham3550 You know the story told by Paul who said John walked the street route and saw a family playing cards in the early hours?...I have the Magical Mystery Tour chippy (108 Roman road ,Taunton) in my visit list... hehe...Have fun Graham

    • @RAFchurchlawford4469
      @RAFchurchlawford4469 4 місяці тому

      What a cheek telling people standing on PUBLIC LAND "to stop taking photographs." Buckingham Palace don't complain!

  • @steverock4329
    @steverock4329 4 місяці тому +1

    Fantastic video LT 👌🏻🙏🏻

    • @LTJones
      @LTJones  4 місяці тому

      Thank you Steve

  • @zipshed
    @zipshed 4 місяці тому +1

    That was cool seeing what you did get of footage and the drone shot was actually really good because all the main part and the house can be seen. That is one long brick wall I must say....I can not Imagine what the cost would be just to have that built alone!

    • @LTJones
      @LTJones  4 місяці тому +1

      Thank you. It's a shame the house was so far away

  • @jfro5867
    @jfro5867 4 місяці тому +2

    Wow, what a place.

  • @shortie77
    @shortie77 4 місяці тому +1

    Massive property, I think you we're right with built a pool, great educational video as always

    • @LTJones
      @LTJones  4 місяці тому

      Thank you shortie77

  • @JamesBrown-wq7wv
    @JamesBrown-wq7wv 4 місяці тому +3

    From someone who lived not to far away from there The rumour had it that in the white room John Lennon wrote on the wall the words to Imagine When the Arabs moved in they painted over it, Would have been worth a fortune now

    • @jaelge
      @jaelge 4 місяці тому +1

      Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan Former President of the United Arab Emirates who now owns Tittenhurst Park is worth approx 20 Billion dollars. He doesnt need the money. Frankly, I would've painted over those sh!t lyrics too.

  • @ianwatson3315
    @ianwatson3315 4 місяці тому +4

    In 1988, the property was purchased for £5 million by Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, former President of the United Arab Emirates and former ruler of Abu Dhabi. Zayed also owned Park Gate House in Ham, south west London, and would buy another property in Berkshire, Ascot Place, the year after his purchase of Tittenhurst.[During Zayed's subsequent renovations of Tittenhurst in 1989 and 1990, master recordings and films from Startling Studios and paintings by Lennon on the walls of the house were destroyed, and a three-metre-high (10 ft) wall was constructed around the perimeter of the property. It’s still owned by the Abu Dhabi family .

    • @axiomist4488
      @axiomist4488 4 місяці тому

      Isnt Abu Dhabi the country Latka Gravas (of TAXI, the TV series) was from ?

    • @Travelagainmike
      @Travelagainmike 4 місяці тому

      What master tapes were destroyed there? I can't believe this story. Ringo even lived there until 1988 so why would he let pieces of John's history be there to be destroyed. He already lost a lot of Beatles memorabilia in an house fire in 1979. Someone should make a video about this matter and what is actually lost.

  • @zinamusicart4164
    @zinamusicart4164 Місяць тому +1

    Hi! How did you get close to the house? Did you take those photos? I went through the private access today but no where near the images your showing. I would be satisfied to get near the front gate. Looking for ward to your response and if I could get your email it would be even better. Thanks 😊

  • @michellehiggs60
    @michellehiggs60 4 місяці тому +1

    Another awesome video. 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

    • @LTJones
      @LTJones  4 місяці тому

      Hi Michelle. Thank you

  • @jcook3986
    @jcook3986 4 місяці тому +1

    Startling Studios. I recorded an album there in 1980, it was still as it was when JL lived there.

  • @crystaldance5731
    @crystaldance5731 4 місяці тому +1

    Another lovely video lt thankyou ❤️😊 9:45

    • @LTJones
      @LTJones  4 місяці тому

      Glad you enjoyed CD

  • @jordifox
    @jordifox 4 місяці тому +1

    brilliant video cheers

    • @LTJones
      @LTJones  4 місяці тому

      Thank you Jordi

  • @ciah63
    @ciah63 4 місяці тому +1

    Another fab video 😊👍

    • @LTJones
      @LTJones  4 місяці тому

      Thank you Ciah 👍🙂

  • @Tracey..H
    @Tracey..H 4 місяці тому

    I can’t even imagine that kind of money. That’s huge money wow 😮😮😮

  • @stevebell8552
    @stevebell8552 4 місяці тому +1

    Hi LT how many miles do you think you travel doing your videos ? Always very informative and relaxing 👍🥃

    • @LTJones
      @LTJones  4 місяці тому

      Good question Steve. I guess at least 2 or 3 usually

  • @GraveVisitations
    @GraveVisitations 4 місяці тому +1

    Some of his ashes in Liverpool you think?

    • @LTJones
      @LTJones  4 місяці тому

      Yeah, it's possible that Yoko Ono scattered some of his ashes on his mother's grave when she visited Liverpool in '84(?)

  • @spitfirekev
    @spitfirekev 4 місяці тому +1

    Top job Detective LT. 😂 👏👏👏

    • @LTJones
      @LTJones  4 місяці тому +1

      Thanks Kev

  • @timgallivan1614
    @timgallivan1614 4 місяці тому +1

    Real nice video LT

    • @LTJones
      @LTJones  4 місяці тому

      Thank you Tim

  • @john0597
    @john0597 4 місяці тому +1

    Hi there it is a great video I didn't know that about the guy I always wondered what happened to him poor boy poor guy

    • @LTJones
      @LTJones  4 місяці тому

      Hi John, thanks for watching

  • @Julian2909
    @Julian2909 4 місяці тому +1

    Thanks thanks thanks a lot ❤

    • @LTJones
      @LTJones  4 місяці тому

      Thank you too Julian

  • @gavinthorburn5385
    @gavinthorburn5385 4 місяці тому

    Imagine no possessions...,except a huge epic estate

  • @troytempest290
    @troytempest290 4 місяці тому +1

    Fabulous 🫶🏼

    • @LTJones
      @LTJones  4 місяці тому +1

      Thank you Troy

  • @benjidoowood1413
    @benjidoowood1413 4 місяці тому +1

    thank you

    • @LTJones
      @LTJones  4 місяці тому

      Thanks Benji

  • @NailHeavenAshford
    @NailHeavenAshford 4 місяці тому +1

    George Michael bought the walnut finished upright Steinway model Z piano in October 2000 for 1.45 million pounds. It remains in his estate after his death as his estate is now used to benefit charities. The George Michael Estate loaned the piano to the Strawberry Field museum in the year 2000 and it will remain with them for the foreseeable future. George played the piano and composed his own music own it. It can. Be heard in the opening of the song Patience.

    • @LTJones
      @LTJones  4 місяці тому

      Thank you. Good to know it's still in Strawberry Field

  • @vickyhesson5720
    @vickyhesson5720 4 місяці тому +1

    We recently saw Chesney Hawkes. He was gifted a JL Piano through his Dads fame but lives in USA so Nik Kershaw takes care of it.

    • @LTJones
      @LTJones  4 місяці тому

      Oh waw. Thanks Michelle

    • @LTJones
      @LTJones  4 місяці тому +1

      *Vicky!

  • @roywatson8133
    @roywatson8133 4 місяці тому +1

    great video shame its not open to the public and visit the areas were those iconic photos of lennon and the other three beatles were taken

    • @LTJones
      @LTJones  4 місяці тому +1

      I agree. Thanks for watching

  • @moggy-ie6ug
    @moggy-ie6ug 4 місяці тому +1

    👏👏👏👏

  • @judis6224
    @judis6224 4 місяці тому +1

    John's white piano was sent to the Beatles story at the Albert docks,it was bought by George Micheal,on permanent loan, the Beatles story has changed inside,so don't know if it's still there.ono sold everything of John,much to Julian's disgust,he is buying up his dad's stiff.

  • @ste-jo5867
    @ste-jo5867 4 місяці тому +1

    Hi there.Fun fact,here in germany the word"titten" means "boobs"lol....thx for another great video.Your fan from germany.

    • @LTJones
      @LTJones  4 місяці тому

      Thanks 😄

  • @paulmogg8036
    @paulmogg8036 4 місяці тому +1

    Great Video 😃
    Looks a beautiful estate....
    I guess Lennon went back to New York....
    Never a Lemnon fan I must admit 😕 .....although he did some great stuff !
    I'm an Elvis Man 😃🎶🎙
    Cheers LT 🥂

    • @LTJones
      @LTJones  4 місяці тому +1

      Thanks Paul

  • @paulchaney438
    @paulchaney438 4 місяці тому +1

    Diolch o galon LT - treiddgar ac yn diddorol iawn :-) cadw ati!

    • @LTJones
      @LTJones  4 місяці тому

      Diolch yn fawr Paul

  • @johnmc3862
    @johnmc3862 4 місяці тому

    Powerful Welsh accent!

    • @LTJones
      @LTJones  4 місяці тому

      Ohhh yes, never hide your accent 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

  • @kennethdrewary1094
    @kennethdrewary1094 4 місяці тому +1

    You get a good view on google maps.

  • @axiomist4488
    @axiomist4488 4 місяці тому +1

    Here's another "imagine" : Imagine, that whole place for 150 thousand pounds !!! That would now be about 200 thousand dollars ! Any ordinary house in Miami, Florida, USA, costs about that much, without ANY of that land . Just in a neighborhood, right next to other houses .Inflation, heavens !

    • @LTJones
      @LTJones  4 місяці тому

      Thanks for watching 👍

  • @northwalescoast7911
    @northwalescoast7911 4 місяці тому +1

    👍

  • @RobertRobinson-dy3rj
    @RobertRobinson-dy3rj 4 місяці тому

    He was more popular than Jesus now he is with him 😊

  • @john0597
    @john0597 4 місяці тому

    I think you mean that John Lennon paid £150,000 for the house not Yoko Ono

  • @adamfindlay7091
    @adamfindlay7091 4 місяці тому

    Someone slept in the bushes.☮️

  • @SPerryfevr
    @SPerryfevr 4 місяці тому +1

    Thank you. I was not a fan of John or his wife. I thought she was really pushing it after John died. Trying to make albums and acting like she was a star!😮. She was a nobody living in his world. Good job filming, seeing how the Beatles made their music! 🎶

    • @LTJones
      @LTJones  4 місяці тому

      Thank you SPerryfevt

  • @Michelle-kf8me
    @Michelle-kf8me 4 місяці тому +1

    Very exciting video 👀☺️

    • @LTJones
      @LTJones  4 місяці тому

      Thank you Michelle

  • @madeira69
    @madeira69 4 місяці тому

    That was ringos house, not John Lennon!!!

    • @dr.buzzvonjellar8862
      @dr.buzzvonjellar8862 4 місяці тому +1

      Ringo bought it from John in 1971-1972, so you are correct

  • @CliffMcAulay
    @CliffMcAulay 4 місяці тому +2

    "Imagine no possessions...Except my huge mansion.." What a pair of frauds, but priceless entertainment.
    Thank you for this wonderful film.

    • @markstevens1729
      @markstevens1729 4 місяці тому +1

      He was talking/singing about the things that divide us. Inviting us to imagine life without division.
      Art is anything but literalism.

    • @CliffMcAulay
      @CliffMcAulay 4 місяці тому

      @@markstevens1729 Thank you for that explanation/theory Mark.
      It seems with hindsight that at this time he was a manipulated junkie, and an early adopter of what later came to be called 'Champagne Socialism'.
      Possessions don't divide us, we are all separate AND all connected simultaneously... That at least is one of my opinions on the many dodgy homilies of this particular 'song'
      And like all 'listing' songs, it literally spells out the problems, along with his childish 'solutions'. Is it art? ..
      That is entirely subjective.
      Nowhere in his 'song' does he express any mature or questioning thoughts, nor does he invite us to' imagine' with him how he could use his vast wealth as an aid to reduce hunger.... Or fix anything.
      Sadly, he was probably too tongue tied with heroin and lazy idealism to consider that he was inviting anyone to do other than buy his record, and admire his confected virtue.
      It would be nice to think that had he lived, he would be embarrassed by this period and be busily using his many abilities and talents to make the world better, and safer for all..

    • @markstevens1729
      @markstevens1729 4 місяці тому +1

      @@CliffMcAulay if this is your impression of Lennon, and art, and his artistry at this point, there is little I would do to argue the point. He is overwhelmingly acknowledged as one of the great artists of all time, so I’ll stand on that. His interpretation of division in the words was not political but spiritual, while it seems like your filter for the world is political.
      My take is not theory, but thanks for the faith, as theory is settled, peer-reviewed science. I’m simply following the history of his influences and not the litany of his human foibles. Your view seems to be lifted from the pages of the Albert Goldman book The Lives of John Lennon: A truly vicious extraction of every shitty thing he had ever done. I’m not sure I would have enjoyed the human John Lennon a lot, but the artist is truly amazing.

    • @CliffMcAulay
      @CliffMcAulay 4 місяці тому

      @@markstevens1729 Hey Mark..Thank you for your reply. Your idealism and admiration for Mr Lennon is touching.
      I am afraid that all people are flawed, and Lennon's work, whilst being very popular among fans of pop music was undeniably influential to the sixties music scene. But it is far from settled as being 'Greatest of all time' as far as I know. Its too early to say..
      And no, I am no fan of Albert Goldman's hit piece. Sensationalism is rarely pretty, and Goldman, like many others before and since, merely destroys what he doesn't understand.
      But you make good point about the spiritual aspect of art in general and this piece in particular.
      I doubt that Lennon, like many addicts and angry young people, was thinking very much of a spiritual or universal love, as I opined earlier. But then I was thinking of how he treated those around him.(Screaming at the tape op in the film....?)
      So the question is...Was he a hypocrite at this time, or was he just a very naughty boy?
      In his "Imagine' song he reveals a lost egotist, telling everyone to lose everything, whilst he sits behind, as we can see from the lovely film...A very big wall, built by servants.
      Yes, he wrote some lovely songs...

  • @RobertRobinson-dy3rj
    @RobertRobinson-dy3rj 4 місяці тому

    Imagine no possession s 😮💀

  • @DannyBhoy88
    @DannyBhoy88 4 місяці тому

    Lennon was a man of many contradictions. Imagine writing Imagine no possessions in that place. Hypocrisy comes to mind.