Sawmills Studios, created in 1974 near Golant on the banks of the River Fowey in Cornwall, England, is best known as the recording studio used most notably by musicians such as John Martyn ("Small Hours"), The Stone Roses ("Fools Gold"), and The Verve (A Storm in Heaven).Founded by record producer Tony Cox in 1974, the studio building is located on its own tidal creek on the banks of the River Fowey in Cornwall. Sawmills was one of the first residential recording facilities in the UK.