Where is Freddie Mercury's Garden Lodge?

Where is Freddie Mercury's Garden Lodge?

Kensington Garden Lodge is located on Logan Place in Kensington. It's situated just off Earl's Court Road in the W8 postcode. If you're visiting the home, you won't see much – it's surrounded by a towering privacy wall. After Mercury's death, the walls around Garden Lodge became something of a shrine to the musician.

Who lives in Garden Lodge now?

Mary Austin and her family still reside in Garden Lodge, where the decor is apparently much the same as Freddie Mercury left it. Outside on the street, though it has been more than two decades since Mercury's death, Queen fans still leave letters, flowers, gifts, and graffiti to remember the singer.

How much is Garden Lodge worth now?

In the early 1970s Mercury purchased a 28-room Georgian mansion in London called Garden Lodge for $500,000 pounds. That's about $7 million in today's dollars. The house is worth at least $20 million today.

Who lives in Freddie Mercury's house now?

11 fascinating facts about Freddie Mercury The real-life Mary Austin still lives in the West London mansion where Freddie died from an AIDS-related illness in 1991. It was only last year that she finally took down tributes to the late singer.

Who was Freddie Mercury's husband?

Freddie Mercury
Alma mater	Isleworth Polytechnic College Ealing Art College
Occupation	Singer songwriter record producer
Years active	1969–1991
Partner(s)	Mary Austin (1970–1976) Jim Hutton (1985–1991)

When did Freddie buy Garden Lodge?

Freddie Mercury bought the house for £500,000 in cash from a member of the Hoare family early in 1980.

Where is Freddie Mercury's Mary today?

These days, Mary, 70, lives a quiet life in the London mansion Freddie left to her where Queen fans still make regular visits to pay their respects. She has been married twice but is now divorced. She shares two grown-up sons, Jamie and Richard, with one of her exes, Piers Cameron.

What did Mary Austin inherit from Freddie Mercury?

Who inherited Freddie Mercury's fortune? Austin inherited Mercury's One Garden Lodge mansion and the bulk of Mercury's estate, with the remainder going to his parents and sister and about $692,000 apiece going to Freestone and Mercury's boyfriend, Jim Hutton.

When did Freddie Mercury move into Garden Lodge?

• Garden Lodge, surrounded by a towering stone wall, belonged to former Queen front man, Freddie Mercury. The rock'n'roll legend moved into the unsuspecting West London property in 1985 with his then partner Mary Austin whilst he was still performing with the band.

Where is Freddie Mercury House in London?

• Garden Lodge at 1 Logan Place in Kensington, London W8 is a detached house that was built from 1908-09 for the painter Cecil Rae and his wife, the sculptor Constance Halford. The house has had several notable inhabitants since Rae including Peter Wilson, the chairman of Sotheby's auction house, and was the last residence of the singer and songwriter Freddie Mercury from 1986 until his death at the house in 1991.

Where does Freddie Mercury Live?

• Freddie Mercury was born Farrokh Bulsara on the 5th of September, 1946, in Stone Town, Zanzibar, Tanzania, which was at the time known as the Sultanate of Zanzibar, a British protectorate. He comes from a family of ethnic Persians who are originally from the Gujarat region in British India.

Where is Garden Lodge?

• The Garden Lodge is located in the small town of Kasane, on the Chobe River in Northern Botswana.