Brian May removes artwork and other beloved items from his West London home

Queen star Brian May has removed several items from his London home after it was flooded earlier this month.

The legendary musician, 73, looked sombre as he and his long time driver Phillip Webb took away treasured possessions from the house on Wednesday. 

Brian discovered the lower floor of his home was mired in unsavoury-looking black water on July 12, and that it had damaged his carpets and rugs as well as his childhood photo albums. Wife Anita Dobson's keepsakes were also ruined. 

The rocker cut a casual figure in a black printed T-shirt, short sleeved shirt and a matching pair of shorts.

He was seen carrying a couple of bags out of the home while his driver removed two large paintings.

One of the art works was a mermaid in front of a landscape while another was a Diableries series. 

Phillip also carried out a box of books and paper work which Brian previously said were treasured momentous. 

It comes after Brian's home was flooded by sewage, destroying many of his belongings. 

The musician took to Instagram to detail the disaster, returning to his West London property from a day at Royal Holloway University.  

The guitarist documented this on social media, branding the mess 'disgusting' and 'heartbreaking'.

He explained that his photo albums had been at another of his homes, which had recently been under threat of forest fires - yet they fell victim to the flooding.

The rock star told his 2.8 million followers that the flood was the fault of the council, approving poorly-designed basements to be built in the London suburb with 'ineffective' drainage.

He penned: 'After a nice day at The Royal Holloway College, we came back to horror in our house.

'The whole bottom floor had been inundated with a sewage overflow - which has covered our carpets, rugs and all kinds of precious things in a stinking sludge.

'It's disgusting, and actually quite heartbreaking. It feels like we were have been invaded, desecrated.

'Anita had a lifetime of memorabilia on the floor of our basement - and most of it is sodden and ruined.

'I had rescued all my most treasured childhood photo albums and scrapbooks from my studio house because it was threatened with a forest fire some months ago. 

'Where did I put it all for safety? In the basement here in Kensington. Irony. Today it turned into a sodden mess.

'I'm devastated - this stuff is only "things" - but it feels like Back To The Future when the photograph fades - feels like a lot of my past has been wiped out. I'm angry! 

'Historically, for 150 years, Kensington has never flooded due to rainwater. Why did this happen? It's almost certainly the result of all the basement building that has been plaguing this area for the past 10 years.

'The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea council was warned years ago that sinking so many deep basement extensions would obstruct the aquifers underneath our living space and render the drainage system ineffective.'

Elsewhere, property expert Kirstie Allsopp, who lives in the same area as Brian, also experienced damage and documented this on social media.

'There's been biblical rain in London, homes flooded & rain in places in our home its certainly never been before,' she said of the unseasonal July weather. 'If you're away/at work and can get someone to check your basement/terrace/flat roof/chimney/French doors please do.

'In some areas water is coming up through toilets,' she tweeted.

A Kensington and Chelsea Council spokesperson told MailOnline: 'Our priority is to make sure residents who have been affected by last night’s flooding have the help they need.