Lennon purchased the property after the sale of
Kenwood in
Weybridge, Surrey, his earlier home with first wife
Cynthia Lennon, because of its resemblance to
Calderstones House in
Liverpool, where he had spent time as a child. Lennon bought the house for £150,000 from the estate of Ron Blindell who had purchased it from
Peter Cadbury in 1964. The estate included gardens, a
Tudor cottage and servants' cottages. He and Ono spent twice the purchase price on renovations, transforming the interior of the house to their liking, commissioning a set of hand-woven Asian rugs, and installing a man-made lake without planning permission The devotees, who also recorded with Harrison for
Apple Records, lived in the former servants' quarters on the property and assisted with renovations. When their leader,
Swami Prabhupada, first visited England in September 1969, he also stayed at Tittenhurst Park at Lennon's invitation. A recording of Prabhupada's philosophical discussion with Lennon, Ono and Harrison, held in the recital hall in the grounds of Tittenhurst Park, Following this meeting, the recital hall became known as "the Tittenhurst Temple". Tittenhurst was
Grade II listed for its architectural merit in March 1972. In 2004 Peter Dennison, owner of the French furniture firm Moth, offered for sale one of the original lavatory seats from Tittenhurst Park. It was displayed in the window of the Brighton Musical Exchange shop in Trafalgar Street,
Brighton. Dennison had bought the seat when his architectural salvage firm was offered furniture by the contractors doing the renovations at Tittenhurst Park. The asking price was £285. In 2010 the lavatory itself was offered for sale at auction in aid of the Paul McCartney Auditorium at the
Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts. Lennon told the builder John Hancock to keep the ceramic lavatory and "use it as a plant pot" after he had installed a new one. It was stored in a shed at Hancock's home for 40 years until he died. The lot had an estimate of £750–1,000. Also offered for sale was a mono copy of
Two Virgins, recorded at Kenwood (estimate £2,500) and
Julian Lennon's harmonica, given to Hancock by the musician who asked him to take it home as "Julian was driving him mad with it". Lennon told Hancock he would tell Julian it was lost (estimate £750–1,000). In December 2015, several additional items from Tittenhurst Park were put up for sale as part of the Ringo Starr & Barbara Bach Auction held by
Julien's Auctions. These items were originally owned by John Lennon and Yoko Ono, and were included in the sale of Tittenhurst Park to Ringo Starr in 1973. Items included several carved bust statues depicted on the
Hey Jude album cover, a wood refectory table and benches, a stone garden bench, several stained glass panels and a mirror panel with floral and foliate silver overlay. == Ascot Sound Studios ==