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Stargroves

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

Stargroves (also known as Stargrove House) is a manor house and associated estate at East Woodhay in the English county of Hampshire. The house belonged to Mick Jagger during the 1970s and was a recording venue for the Rolling Stones and various other rock bands, as well as a filming location for Doctor Who.

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. Edward Goddard owned the estate from 1778 to 1788. It was also owned by Capt. Sir F. H. W. Carden, 3rd Baronet.

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 house was bought by a Captain Ramsay, and in 1879 was sold to Sir Frederick Henry Walter Carden, who made alterations to the house and landscaped the park.

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.

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

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 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 Sticky Fingers, Exile on Main St., and It's Only Rock 'n Roll.

Other notable musical acts also recorded at Stargroves using the 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).

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