Painswick, New Street c.1950
Photo ref:
P3011
More about this scene
This is another exceptional little town, set in its own south-facing timbered valley just east of the escarpment between Stroud and Gloucester. It is a place that makes grey look very good. Local quarries around this hilly domain provided the grey limestone for fine buildings like the Old Grey Courthouse with its tall chimneys, attractive lines and gables. The stream water was used to power cloth mills. The pure water was also suited for dyeing cloth. The Falcon Inn dates from the early 1700s - it has a date stone of 1711. On the right we can spot examples of the topiary for which the town is famous.
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