Step into the Bromley home of David Bowie.

Get ready to step back in time. The Heritage of London Trust has announced the acquisition of the childhood home of David Bowie in Bromley, South London. Scheduled to open in 2027, the house will be accessible to visitors and offer an immersive experience.

The news comes ahead of the tenth anniversary of Bowie’s death, and what would have been his 79th birthday. Located at 4 Plaistow Grove, the house is where he lived from 1955 to 1968, between the ages of eight and 20. The two-up, two-down house is a modest home and is where the foundations of his career were laid.

The house will be restored to reflect its early 1960s appearance. Central to the visit will be Bowie’s small teenage bedroom, measuring nine feet by 10 feet. Bowie recalled spending countless hours there, surrounded by books, music and his record player, before stepping through what he called the “no-man’s-land of the living room” and out onto the street.

The restoration will be curated by Geoffrey Marsh, co-curator of the V&A’s landmark David Bowie Is exhibition. He describes the house as the place where Bowie evolved from an ordinary suburban schoolboy into an artist driven by ambition and imagination.

Bowie once said, “I spent so much time in my bedroom; 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.”

The experience will feature never-before-seen archival material, including Bowie’s personal copies of The Observer’s books on music and architecture. In one, he even noted his exam results and signed his name as “David Jones Jr”, reflecting a teenage fascination with Americana.

The restored home and its archive promise rare insight into the early life of an artist who would go on to achieve international stardom, offering visitors a glimpse into the beginnings of Bowie’s creative universe.

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