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.

The 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."