Bushey Studios

Bushey Studios is a film studio located in Bushey, originally a mid-19th century Methodist chapel. It was extended and converted into a private theatre by Sir Hubert Herkomer around 1887. Further modifications were made between 1912 and 1913 to adapt the building for use as a daylight film studio. The structure features colourwashed brick with glass and metal sheeting on the upper daylight studio, which has a glass roof and consists of five bays in the main block. The entrance is located in a lean-to addition. The building includes 12 light casements with iron glazing bars and segmental heads, as well as buttress strips. There are brick corner piers supporting the upper glass house. The left gable end facing High Street has a single-storey wing with blind openings and gauged brick heads, along with a lower bay that has small openings and deep eaves beneath a hipped slate roof. The right gable end features a slightly lower projecting wing with two round-headed casements beneath an entrance to the upper stage, which is accessed by steps. The interior has been largely subdivided. Herkomer's daylight glass house is recognized as the earliest surviving film studio in England.