Avid Beatles fan buys Ringo Starr's childhood home for £70,000

She exceeded the property's initial valuation by £15,000

Ringo Starr with camera (Ringo Starr/Genesis)

An avid Beatles fan has purchased the childhood home of the band's drummer Ringo Starr.

Starr, born Richard Starkey in 1940, lived in the small terraced house at 10 Admiral Grove in Liverpool's Dingle district between the ages of three and 21. He joined the Beatles in 1962, a year after he moved out.

Jackie Holmes, who already owns homes associated with John Lennon and George Harrison, paid £70,000 for the property at an auction, exceeding the initial valuation by £15,000.

She told ITV News: "I'm so glad I've got this house because Ringo's childhood home, like the other two Beatles properties I own, have got so much history behind them, which is what I love about them all."

She said she intends to rent out the house to a Beatles fan who will "cherish" its unique history.

Two Liverpool houses associated with Beatles members are now preserved by the National Trust: 20 Forthlin Road, where Paul McCartney lived during his secondary school years, and 251 Menlove Avenue, where John Lennon spent the majority of his childhood.