In pictures: Inside Lennon's home
Mendips, the south Liverpool semi where John Lennon lived from 1945 to 1963.
Inside the kitchen at Mendips. The house, along with Sir Paul McCartney's old house in Forthlin Road, has been restored by the National Trust.
The National Trust has returned Mendips to how it would have looked when John Lennon lived there in the 1950s.
The restored childhood bedroom of John Lennon. Lennon attended nearby Quarry Bank Grammar School now Calderstones School.
The kitchen at Mendips was modernised by Lennon's Aunt Mimi in the 1960s. She installed a yellow formica worktop and double-drainer sink.
Inside the living room at Mendips, 251 Menlove Avenue in south Liverpool. It was at Mendips that John began playing the guitar.
While living at Mendips John Lennon formed the Quarry Men, it was when the group were performing at a local church fete in 1957 that he met Paul McCartney.
The kitchen at Mendips is stocked with items that would have been there during Lennon's childhood. The National Trust has refitted 1950s features including a tiled black and white floor
The restored childhood home of John Lennon. John's parents separated when he was five years old and he then lived with his Aunt Mimi and her husband George.
The bathroom at Mendips retains many of its original 1930s features.