London townhome where The Beatles hid from fans lists for $10.7M

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The historic mews house where The Fab Four famously came together to stay back from adoring followers has hit the market. 

The property, located on Charles Street in the West End of London’s tony Mayfair district, includes both a mansion-grade townhouse and its adjacent mews house — a now-sought-after residential property type originally built to house horses and carriages.

The adjoining abodes are linked via the “lower ground floor” and are together seeking $10.71 million. 

They were previously occupied by The Beatles’ late manager, Brian Epstein, who called the townhouse his home and then office during the 1960s. 

Epstein, who died at age 32 in 1967, not only developed the band’s company, Apple Corps, at the residence — but also allowed Paul McCartney, John Lennon, George Harrison and Ringo Starr to use both buildings to evade paparazzi and crowds. 

The Beatles on the steps of a North London studio.
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The property dates to the 1750s.
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A roof deck.
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The townhouse was built in the Georgian style.
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The home thus earned the name “Beatles bolthole,” and also came to serve as a photoshoot location and studio of sorts for the musicians. 

It was there that the quartet “are believed to have worked on lyrics for the seminal 1967 album ‘Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band,’ and where they were famously photographed together in a bath tub that stood in the middle of the mews house’s sitting room for a publicity stunt,” according to press materials supplied by Wetherell, which holds the listing.

Following Epstein’s death from an accidental overdose, the compound was purchased by Margaret Thatcher cabinet member and former Leader of the House of Commons, Norman St. John-Stevas.

The view from the property’s balcony.
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The homes are connected via the basement.
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A staircase connects the levels.
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Inside, the six-story domicile — which dates to the 1750s — retains numerous original details including parquet floors, plaster paneling, gilded ceiling motifs and multiple fireplaces. 

The main house offers a ground-floor kitchen with patio and courtyard access, a first-floor salon with a balcony and four bedrooms with ensuite baths.

The mews has both the basement entrance and one to the street, and offers an ensuite bedroom, a kitchen and reception space.

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