Bowie Brombley House
David Bowie
1955
The Story
This two-story semi-detached house in Bromley is where David Robert Jones lived from 1955 to 1967. It was in the upstairs bedroom that Bowie transformed an ordinary London suburban boy into the artist who would change music forever. It was here that he wrote his first songs and to where he returned regularly while composing Space Oddity in 1969. The Heritage of London Trust acquired the house in January 2026 and plans to restore it to its original 1960s appearance, with public opening scheduled for late 2027. The project uses an unprecedented archive and is curated by Geoffrey Marsh, co-curator of the David Bowie exhibition at the V&A. Nearby is the bandstand where Bowie performed in 1969, restored in 2024, and where Haddon Hall used to be. The Victorian mansion in Beckenham that he rented from 1969 to 1973 and was demolished in the 1980s.
4 Plaistow Grove, Bromley BR1 3PB, United Kingdom
London, United Kingdom
