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Background information on the two Painswick Mills
Article to Painswick Beacon
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Article to Painswick Beacon
Location: Gloucestershire
Two Painswick Mills
The House History Workshop arranged by the Stroudend Tithing Educational Trust (STET) on Saturday 27th May was of interest to people interested in the former industrial buildings of the area as well as those keen to trace the history of their houses.
The first part of the workshop was based on slides showing a selection of local historic buildings in approximate order of their age and Dr Phil Dixon took us through their historic architectural details and fascinating explanation of the social etiquette, which influenced the design of houses; the medieval lord/gentlemen overseeing his guests from the high table or the 18th century landowner having high status rooms at first floor level. We then looked at details of a local medieval building in Quedgeley; another example of a piece of history swept away by development.
We finished with slides, kindly lent by John Bailey, showing photographs of Painswick Mill before the factory was demolished. The mill was originally a cloth mill in the 17th century but was adapted in the 19th century for making silk, followed by pin making, which continued until the early 20th century.
After looking at the outside of Painswick Mill, finding some of its earlier industrial features we moved on to Skinners Mill Farm. This particular mill does not have any known association with the cloth industry, but was a corn mill. It is one of the oldest surviving buildings on the Painswick Stream, having a 15th century hall, later adapted and incorporated into larger premises.
We would like to thank Joan Wells and Carole Maxwell for their kind hospitality.
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