Location Chalford, near the roundhouse. The photo below was probably taken during 1990 although it still looks much the same today.
Belvedere Mill was once used to build the bodies of cars for the Hampton Car Works during the 1920s. Hampton is the old name for Minchinhampton.
At the top on Rodborough Hill opposite the Prince Albert (or the vicinity) is an old mile marker on the side of the road that tells you how far away Hampton is.
The mill pond in front of the mill has become somewhat overgrown since the above photo was taken. It’s part of the river frome.
The water wheel was to the right of the building. I went in the cellar back in the 80s when I worked there and it was very dark and somewhat dominated by the sound of the water crashing over the waterfall and through the building.
The photo below is the mill from the canal path.
I’m fairly sure the large cog in the foreground used to be on a sluice at an old demolished mill located up the Chalford high street called Sevilles Mill. By all accounts Sevilles Mill was pretty grim and there’s very few photographs of it.
It was replaced with a modern factory thats since been replaced with housing. That’s probably the only part of the Chalford high street thats changed since the 70s!
Water also went around the other side of Belvedere Mill via a sluice gate.
During the 70s and 80s Belvedere Mil was used for the manufacture of fruit machines for the gaming industry by a company called Marian Electronics.
Marian folded and were reformed as an electronics design company called Heber.
Behind the building used to be part of the Chalford waterworks.