This stunning Elizabethan manor house was originally built in 1580 as a Tudor Monastery and has had many various owners over the years. Centuries later it became a recording studios and home of the talented Pink Floyd’s guitarist/vocalist David Gilmour.
The outbuildings of the manor house were used to store the inflatable pig from the album cover of Floyd’s 1977 album “Animals”...the one with Battersea powerstation on the front
. I remember this album being released as I lived in London as a kid and not far from the powerstation. I can recall seeing footage of the making of the album cover on the news, I thought it looked totally amazing and yet a pretty freaky sight...however, their single from the album“The Wall”, Another Brick In The Wall (Part 2) resonated more with me as it was about kids getting their own back on teachers and school, anyone born during the seventies will remember watching the video with the marching hammers and wanting to put your teacher through a mincer...hell yeah!
Part of Pink Floyd’s 1983 album “Final Cut” was recorded here.
Gilmour sold the house and studios to Clive Langer and Alan Winstanley in 1986, a number of years later it was sold to Trevor Horn.
Other bands who have recorded here include Manic Street Preachers’, The Cure and Marillion.
The explore...
A huge thanks to the brummy naked explorer
for giving me the heads up on this wonderful place, as I’m not usually so lucky to see such unspoilt surroundings . Had a little wonder around with jsp
, thanks for your tolerance, you had no choice really hahaha. Since visiting I’ve heard that the building maybe under renovation, so if you are considering to have a look it would probably be best to try and find some more up to date info so as not to be disappointed.
On with some pics then...
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Lovely patterned wood
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I’m hoping these pic’s don’t need shades to view as my laptop crashed and I’ve had to use another with a totally different colour calibration..the back wall is a cartoon but the pool table isn’t lol
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Thanks for lookin folks, it was a very colourful explore with some great atmospheric rooms so hope you enjoyed it too
The outbuildings of the manor house were used to store the inflatable pig from the album cover of Floyd’s 1977 album “Animals”...the one with Battersea powerstation on the front
. I remember this album being released as I lived in London as a kid and not far from the powerstation. I can recall seeing footage of the making of the album cover on the news, I thought it looked totally amazing and yet a pretty freaky sight...however, their single from the album“The Wall”, Another Brick In The Wall (Part 2) resonated more with me as it was about kids getting their own back on teachers and school, anyone born during the seventies will remember watching the video with the marching hammers and wanting to put your teacher through a mincer...hell yeah! Part of Pink Floyd’s 1983 album “Final Cut” was recorded here.
Gilmour sold the house and studios to Clive Langer and Alan Winstanley in 1986, a number of years later it was sold to Trevor Horn.
Other bands who have recorded here include Manic Street Preachers’, The Cure and Marillion.
The explore...
A huge thanks to the brummy naked explorer
for giving me the heads up on this wonderful place, as I’m not usually so lucky to see such unspoilt surroundings . Had a little wonder around with jsp, thanks for your tolerance, you had no choice really hahaha. Since visiting I’ve heard that the building maybe under renovation, so if you are considering to have a look it would probably be best to try and find some more up to date info so as not to be disappointed. On with some pics then...
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