Stargroves

Coordinates: 51°20′49″N 1°24′40″W / 51.347°N 1.411°W / 51.347; -1.411

A distant view of Stargroves

Stargroves (also known as Stargrove House) is a manor house and associated estate at East Woodhay in the English county of Hampshire. It is best known for being the home of Mick Jagger during the 1970s and a recording venue for The Rolling Stones and various other rock bands.

History

The Goddard family owned the estate from 1565 until about 1830. Oliver Cromwell stopped at Stargroves after the second battle of Newbury (27 October 1644), and was entertained by the owner, John Goddard; the basin or china bowl in which his breakfast (toast and ale) was served is in the custody of the rector besides some letters referring to the incident. Edward Goddard owned the estate from 1778-1788. It was also owned by Capt. Sir F. H. W. Carden.[1]

In the early 1840s Stargrove House was destroyed by a fire. Around 1848 a new manor house was built, designed in an ornate, Victorian Gothic style in the manner of a French château. The new manor house was bought by a Captain Ramsay, and in 1879, the house was sold to Sir Frederick Walter Carden, who made alterations to the house and landscaped the park.[2]

Stargroves is noted for its revivalist architectural features such as castellations, corner turrets and Tudor revival windows. Today, Stargrove House is a Grade II listed building.[3]

Rolling Stones

Mick Jagger purchased the estate in 1970 for £55,000 from Sir Henry Carden.[4]

The Rolling Stones recorded at Stargroves before their move to France in Spring 1971. These recordings were laid down via a mobile recording studio control room located in a custom-built truck known as the Rolling Stones Mobile Studio. The band recorded a number of albums and singles at Stargroves, including various tracks that appeared on Exile On Main Street, Sticky Fingers and It's Only Rock 'n Roll.

Other bands also recorded at Stargroves using the Rolling Stones Mobile Studio. The Who recorded songs such as "Won't Get Fooled Again" and "Pure and Easy" in 1971. In 1972, Led Zeppelin recorded songs that later appeared on the albums Houses of the Holy (1973), Physical Graffiti (1975) and Coda (1982). Other artists to have recorded in the studio include Deep Purple, Status Quo, Bob Marley and the Wailers, Horslips, Santana and Iron Maiden.

In the 1970s, Sir Mark Palmer and his band of wealthy New Age travellers and their horse-drawn caravans spent much time at Stargroves.[4]

The exterior of the house and its grounds were also extensively used for filming the Doctor Who stories Pyramids of Mars (1975) and Image of the Fendahl (1977). Both stories featured the Fourth Doctor.[5][6]

In 1998, Rod Stewart bought Stargroves for £2.5 million from Frank Williams.

References

  1. ↑ 'Parishes: East Woodhay', A History of the County of Hampshire: Volume 4 (1911), pp. 305–307. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=56814 Date accessed: 12 June 2010.
  2. ↑ "Stargrove". Hampshire Garden Trust. Retrieved 9 November 2016.
  3. ↑ Stuff, Good. "Stargrove - East Woodhay - Hampshire - England | British Listed Buildings". www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk. Retrieved 9 November 2016.
  4. 1 2 Christopher Sandford (26 April 2012). The Rolling Stones: Fifty Years. Simon and Schuster. pp. 189–. ISBN 978-0-85720-104-1.
  5. ↑ "Pyramids of Mars". A Brief History of Time (Travel). Retrieved 26 March 2013.
  6. ↑ "Image of the Fendahl". A Brief History of Time (Travel). Retrieved 26 March 2013.

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