Blue plaque for Kinfauns

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“As I was driving to come here suddenly I was overcome with amazing memories of such a happy time. I came into the drive and was totally blown away because it’s not like the house I remember at all.”

“Rather sad to see all the beautiful paintings that were done by people like Mick and Marianne, and George and myself, and a lot of our friends have been washed over and demolished

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“Rather sad to see all the beautiful paintings that were done by people like Mick and Marianne, and George and myself, and a lot of our friends have been washed over and demolished.”

“It is sad, but maybe I can’t cling onto the past, because it was full of joy for me

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“It is sad, but maybe I can’t cling onto the past, because it was full of joy for me.”

-Pattie Boyd, Get Surrey, (23rd May 2017)

-Pattie Boyd, Get Surrey, (23rd May 2017)

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Pattie unveiled a blue plaque on Tuesday 23rd May to commemorate the time George lived on Claremont Drive, Esher, with Pattie at what was Kinfauns

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Pattie unveiled a blue plaque on Tuesday 23rd May to commemorate the time George lived on Claremont Drive, Esher, with Pattie at what was Kinfauns. Although the house was substantially demolished and rebuilt,the original windows were kept (as pictured). Above are some photos of George giving Kinfauns it’s psychedelic paint job, and Pattie unveiling the plaque.

 Above are some photos of George giving Kinfauns it’s psychedelic paint job, and Pattie unveiling the plaque

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In 1964 George Harrison bought Kinfauns, a bungalow in Esher Surrey, for £20,000.

He moved in with his wife Pattie Boyd, experimented with acid, painted the place in psychedelic colours, and recorded demos for the Beatles’ seminal White Albumon his four track reel-to-reel – sessions later made available in various bootleg releases

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He moved in with his wife Pattie Boyd, experimented with acid, painted the place in psychedelic colours, and recorded demos for the Beatles’ seminal White Albumon his four track reel-to-reel – sessions later made available in various bootleg releases.

He moved in with his wife Pattie Boyd, experimented with acid, painted the place in psychedelic colours, and recorded demos for the Beatles’ seminal White Albumon his four track reel-to-reel – sessions later made available in various bootleg releases

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Boyd and Harrison were arrested here in 1969 for possession of hash, and Mick Jagger and Marianne Faithful dropped by, found no one at home and painted ‘Mick and Marianne were here and we love you’ on the front wall.

Boyd and Harrison were arrested here in 1969 for possession of hash, and Mick Jagger and Marianne Faithful dropped by, found no one at home and painted ‘Mick and Marianne were here and we love you’ on the front wall

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In 1970 Harrison moved to Friar Park and Kinfauns was demolished and replaced.

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