Lansdowne Studios

Recording studio

Lansdowne Studios was a music recording studio in Lansdowne House, which operated between 1958 and 2006. In 1957, record producer Denis Preston was looking for a property in which to set up a recording studio, and his assistant engineer Joe Meek eventually found the first floor, ground floor and basement in Lansdowne House, which had unusually high ceilings and the basement included a squash court, all of it very suitable for conversion into a studio. Preston, Meek and later engineer Adrian Kerridge then established the studio, and made their first recordings there in 1958. The studio was London's first independent music recording studio. In 1962, an enlarged control room overlooking the studio floor was opened. Kerridge later became the studio's owner.