20 Forthlin Road
History
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The house has been owned by the National Trust since 1995.{{cite web|url=http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/main/w-vh/w-visits/w-findaplace/w-20forthlinroadallerton/|title=20 Forthlin Road|year=2010|publisher=[[National Trust]]|access-date=23 February 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100313054915/http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/main/w-vh/w-visits/w-findaplace/w-20forthlinroadallerton/|archive-date=13 March 2010|url-status=dead}} The Trust markets the house as "the birthplace of the Beatles", since this is the place where the Beatles composed and rehearsed their earliest songs. |
The house has been owned by the National Trust since 1995.{{cite web|url=http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/main/w-vh/w-visits/w-findaplace/w-20forthlinroadallerton/|title=20 Forthlin Road|year=2010|publisher=[[National Trust]]|access-date=23 February 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100313054915/http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/main/w-vh/w-visits/w-findaplace/w-20forthlinroadallerton/|archive-date=13 March 2010|url-status=dead}} The Trust markets the house as "the birthplace of the Beatles", since this is the place where the Beatles composed and rehearsed their earliest songs. |
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Unlike Mendips, the childhood home of John Lennon, which was commemorated with an English Heritage blue plaque on 7 December 2000, the day before the 20th anniversary of his death, |
Unlike Mendips, the childhood home of John Lennon, which was commemorated with an English Heritage blue plaque on 7 December 2000, the day before the 20th anniversary of his death, 20 Forthlin Road has not received a blue plaque. Under English Heritage criteria, individuals must have been deceased for at least 20 years or have reached the centenary of their birth before a plaque is awarded.{{cite web |title=Blue plaques scheme criteria |url= |access-date= |publisher=English Heritage}} |
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In February 2012, both this house and Lennon's childhood home at [[251 Menlove Avenue]] were [[Grade II listed]] by [[Historic England]].[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-17210335 BBC News, 29 February 2012: ''Lennon and McCartney homes given Grade II listed status''] Linked 2015-06-18 |
In February 2012, both this house and Lennon's childhood home at [[251 Menlove Avenue]] were [[Grade II listed]] by [[Historic England]].[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-17210335 BBC News, 29 February 2012: ''Lennon and McCartney homes given Grade II listed status''] Linked 2015-06-18 |
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