 The decline of the British cinematic production industry in the mid-20th century led to a decline in work for the facility, and after failing to financially survive as a television production outlet it was closed in 1961.The Studio was subsequently demolished and the land sold for house-building.Cecil Hepworth leased a house for £36 per annum in Hurst Grove, Walton-on-Thames in 1899 and established Hepworth Studios.