Egypt Mill Hotel & Restaurant

This impressive and sympathetically converted mill provides just the most perfect setting for a refreshing break. There are 32 individually designed en-suite bedrooms, 7 stylish apartments and a unique restaurant. Whether it’s for a conference, a romantic wedding or weekend break to recharge the batteries and explore the stunning Stroud valleys, you simply won’t find a more characterful hotel to escape the stresses of everyday life. During the 14th Century, a small Corn Mill was established on the banks of the River Frome where Egypt Mill now proudly stands. Only the ground floor roadside wall remains from this period. No traceable records indicate the path taken by Egypt Mill until 1656, when the earliest records of ownership show that it was purchased by George Hudson, a haberdasher of London. Together with his partner, Henry Willoughby, George Hudson leased the Mill in 1675 to Richard Webb, son of Edward, the local clothier. It is known that the building then contained two Fulling Mills, a Gig Mill and a Dyehouse. Richard Webb assumed the name ‘Pharaoh’, but just how the property became known as Egypt remains a mystery. It has been suggested that early Egyptian travellers settled on the river banks thus giving the area and subsequently the Mill its name.