[1] Constructed in 1968, The Coach House includes a large 150-square-metre (1,600 sq ft) live area with stone walls, a wooden ceiling, and a Yamaha grand piano.
[2][3] Artists who have recorded in The Coach House include Oasis,[4] Bullet for My Valentine, Brian Eno, Sepultura, Jayce Lewis, Simple Minds and Opeth.
[citation needed] Constructed in 1973, The Quadrangle has a total of 170 square metres of recording space spread between the main area with Bösendorfer grand piano, two large variable acoustic drum rooms and three isolation booths.
[2][3] Best known for the recording of Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody", The Quadrangle has hosted such notable artists as Rush, Manic Street Preachers, Robert Plant, Shop Front Heroes, and Coldplay.
[6] Deciding to pursue a record deal, the brothers drove to EMI's pressing plant in Middlesex, London, but were redirected to the label's offices in Manchester Square where, on that same day without an appointment they met producer George Martin.
Back home, the brothers set up a recording studio in an attic space with a Rosser Electronics mixing console and a Ferrograph tape machine.
In 1963 the Ward brothers converted an existing farmhouse into a recording studio by investing in an 8-track tape deck and lining it with feed bags to create sound deadening.
[5] During a 12-month period in 1996–97, Rockfield sessions resulted in five UK number one albums, by Oasis, Ash, Black Grape, The Charlatans and The Boo Radleys.