Thrupp Mill in 1828
Thrupp Mill in 1828 would have been typical of the many mills in the area. The later Ordnance Survey Maps of 1881/2 show the lower/main Thrupp Mill building being irregular and straddling the leet of the River Frome.
This old mill building, at Chalford, 2.3 miles from Thrupp is now home to Pangolin Editions and dates from the late 16th or early 17th century. It is typical of the Cotswold stone style small, pre-industrial revolution mill buildings in the area. Thrupp Mill would probably have looked quite similar.
Local Stroud historians believe the Mill at Chalford is the one in Edward Smith's Watercolour of 1852, entitled "A Chalford Mill."
Top Left: The front of an old 16th / 17th Century Mill on the Chalford Industrial Estate, home to the offices of Pangolin, Pangolin Editions,
Top Right: The side view with later Georgian style windows.
Middle Left: The view from the Stroud to Cirencester (A419) Road. The Thames and Severn Canal did pass between the building and the road.
Middle Right: The yard of the Chalford Industrial Estate.
Bottom Left: An OS Map of 1881, the current structure is highlighted in red.
Bottom Right: A Painting in Stroud Museum , entitled "A Chalford Mill" by Edward Smith, painted in 1852. Some local historians have thought the Mill in the painting is the same one as surviving, albeit greatly altered.
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