[1] The studios were built by the film enthusiast Hubert von Herkomer in the grounds of his country house, Lululaund.
[2] They gradually took on a more professional air and in 1915 they were acquired by the British Actors Film Company for use as their principal production base.
During the 1930s film boom, it was re-opened and used to produce a number of quota quickies.
[citation needed] After the Second World War, the studios were used intermittently - generally to produce low-budget films such as the Tod Slaughter vehicle The Greed of William Hart (1948).
At the time of its closure, it was the oldest operational film studio in the world.