It was converted into aresidentialrecording studioin 2002 by ownersPaddyand Claire Dunning, and has been usedby everyone from REM to Doves, Muse to MsDynamite, Snow Patrol to Shirley Bassey.
But Avril Lavigne's idea of having 21 drummers stacked up the wall like a rock version of Celebrity Squares was inspired, and Ms Dynamite's anti-war duet with George Michael was one of the special moments that the Brits were once known for.