- Sunny Heights
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caption=View of Ringo Star's former home, Sunny Heights
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location_town=Weybridge
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St George's Hill estate inWeybridge, Surrey , England, was the mid-1960s home ofRingo Starr , drummer ofThe Beatles .Starr purchased his home on
July 24 ,1965 , after bandmatesJohn Lennon andGeorge Harrison had bought houses. Sunny Heights, along with its large house and grounds, boasted its own bar, The Flying Cow, where Starr played host.Manager
Brian Epstein had hoped each Beatle would buy adjacent properties, with a central one for himself. While Starr and Lennon (who purchased Kenwood, a mock-Tudor house nearby) did buy places close to each other on the same estate, and it comforted each to know the other could be found close by, Harrison broke herd by getting a house (Kinfauns ) on another nearby estate inEsher , whilePaul McCartney bided his time, and bought a house on Cavendish Avenue inSt. John's Wood , a short walk fromEMI 's Abbey Road recording studios.Maureen Cox married Starr in1965 , joining him at Sunny Heights and giving birth to their three children (Zak, Jason and Lee Starkey). While this was their primary residence, Starr also kept a London apartment in Montagu Square, which was often lent out to guests.As the Beatles began to break up, Lennon sold Kenwood, purchasing
Tittenhurst Park in1969 , while Harrison boughtFriar Park early in1970 . Ringo in 1968 purchasedBrookfield , in Elstead, from actor Peter Sellers. When Lennon (with second wifeYoko Ono ) moved toNew York City in 1971, Starr bought Tittenhurst Park, moving in with his family, who lived there until1988 .External links
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