The Hill Paul building in Stroud, Gloucestershire, is a late Victorian (1890s) structure erected to house the business of Hill Paul Clothiers Ltd, who made men's clothing. It was built by the architect Henry A. Cheers and is a prominent building in the town, near the railway station. After the closure of the Hill Paul business in 1979 a number of uses were mooted for the site including a museum and a cinema. When these fell through demolition was proposed.
Fortunately local action prevented that and a deal was made with a developer who added a reasonably sympathetic penthouse level and turned the whole property into apartments - an outcome that kept the landmark building. My photographs show a detail of the windows and a view of the main elevation.
photo © T. Boughen Camera: Lumix FZ1000 2
