Lime Grove Studios Map

Lime Grove Studios was a film, and later television, studio complex in Shepherd's Bush, West London, England.

Lime Grove Studios
Lime Grove Studios in the 1960s
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Former names	Gaumont Film Studios
General information
Status	Demolished
Type	Film and television studio
Architectural style	Art Deco
Location	Lime Grove, Shepherd's Bush
Town or city	London
Country	United Kingdom
Coordinates	51°30′13″N 0°13′38″W / 51.50361°N 0.22722°W / 51.50361; -0.22722
Completed	1915
Opened	1915 Opened as Gaumont Studios 1949 converted to TV studio
Demolished	1993
Owner	Gaumont Film Company (1915–1949) BBC (1949–1991)

The complex was built by the Gaumont Film Company in 1915. It was situated in Lime Grove, a residential street in Shepherd's Bush, and when it first opened was described by Gaumont as "the finest studio in Great Britain and the first building ever put up in this country solely for the production of films". Many Gainsborough Pictures films were made here from the early 1930s. Its sister studio was Islington Studios, also used by Gainsborough; films were often shot partly at Islington and partly at Lime Grove.

In 1949, the complex was purchased by the BBC, who used it for television broadcasts until 1991. It was demolished in 1993.^[1]