Townhouse Studios (officially named
The Town House) was a
recording studio in
West London. Built by
Richard Branson in 1978, and managed by Barbara Jeffries as part of the
Virgin Studios Group. The Virgin Studios Group was acquired by
EMI when Richard sold Virgin Records to EMI in 1992. The
Sanctuary Group bought the studio from EMI in 2002. Al Stone, a recording engineer and producer, who trained at The Town House, ran the studios for Sanctuary in 2006, only to see Universal close it around April 2008 after a Sanctuary buy-out. The building had three recording rooms, numbered 1, 2 and 4: number 3 was
The Who's
Ramport Studios.