David Bowie's childhood home to be made available to public

David Bowie's childhood home is set to made available to the public following a "landmark" acquisition of the property by the Heritage of London Trust.

4 Plaistow Grove, Beckenham - Bowie's home between the ages of 8 to 20 (1955 - 1967) - served as a "creative sanctuary" for the legendary musician in the early days of his career and where he wrote some of his "more formative" hits.

The home is located close to the "Bowie bandstand" in Croydon Road Recreation Park, a Grade II listed Edwardian landmark where he created, and later performed, 'Space Oddity' in 1969.

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Bromley Council has now acquired the "two up two down" railway workers’ cottage, with plans to transform it into a visitor attraction as part of a new heritage project, set to be completed in 2027.

Informed by a never-before-seen archive of footage and photography, the project will recreate the interior of the property to resemble what it was like during Bowie's childhood, with the "highlight of the experience" set to centre around the 'Starman's' childhood bedroom.

The project will be funded by the Heritage of London Trust, alongside a £500,000 (approximately US$670,475) investment from the Jones Day Foundation; Geoffrey Marsh, who co-curated the recent David Bowie exhibition at the V&A, will be curating the interior of the property.

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“It was in this small house, particularly in his tiny bedroom, that Bowie evolved from an ordinary suburban schoolboy to the beginnings of an extraordinary international stardom – as he said ‘I spent so much time in my bedroom," says Marsh.

"It really was my entire world. I had books up there, my music up there, my record player. Going from my world upstairs out onto the street, I had to pass through this no-man's-land of the living room.”

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