John Lennon's Mother's Home Up For Auction

A former home of John Lennon's mother Julia is expected to fetch more than $192,000 (£120,000) at auction later this year (15).

The property in Liverpool, England was lived in by Julia and her daughters Jackie and Julia in the 1950s, and The Beatles star was a frequent visitor to the house in his teenage years.

The three-bedroom home is due to go up for auction at Liverpool Town Hall in March (15) and has a guide price of $192,000.

Geoff Guest, auction director for Venmore properties, which is running the sale, says, "We're very excited about this. John spent many years of his youth learning and practising his music under the direction of his mother, who was a great influence on his early musical career."

Julia Lennon was killed in 1958 after being hit by a car driven by a drunk, off-duty police officer, when Lennon was just 17 years old.