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The Painswick
Painswick, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom · Independent · Accessible Luxury
The Painswick is a boutique hotel in the Cotswolds village of Painswick, contemporary rooms, Rococo Garden access, and relaxed dining in the Gloucestershire hills.
- 16 rooms
- Opened 2016
- Architect: Detmar Blow; Temple Moore & Percy Morley Horder
About The Painswick
- The Palladian mansion, originally called Prospect House, was built with wealth from the local wool trade in the late 18th century.
- It later became the village vicarage, where architects Detmar Blow, Temple Moore, and Percy Morley Horder added a library, chapel, and parish room that is now the hotel's restaurant.
- After passing through incarnations including Gwynfa House and the Cotswolds88 hotel, the Calcot Collection relaunched it as The Painswick in 2016, when it won the Sunday Times Ultimate Hotel of the Year.
History
The Painswick occupies a grand late-18th-century Palladian-style mansion in the Cotswold village of Painswick, Gloucestershire, originally known as Prospect House and built with wealth from the local wool trade. It later became the village vicarage under Reverend William Henry Seddon, who employed noted architects — Detmar Blow and, in a major early-1900s campaign, Temple Moore and Percy Morley Horder — to add a library, chapel and parish room (now the restaurant).
The house passed through phases as Gwynfa House, the Cranham Woods Hotel and, most recently, the Cotswolds88 hotel. Acquired by the Calcot Collection in 2015 and relaunched in March 2016 after a year-long refurbishment, it reopened as The Painswick and was named Sunday Times Ultimate Hotel of the Year that same year. The 16-bedroom boutique hotel is a Grade II listed building.
The setting
3.2 miles from Prinknash Park.
Restaurants and bars
- The Oak, Painswick — Bar · Pub
- The Painswick Pooch Coffee House — Café · Coffee shop
- Le Papillon — Café · Deli
- Juniper — Café · Coffee shop
- Arts Cafe Painswick — Café · Cafe
- Sauce — Restaurant
Awards
- AA Four Red Stars (2025)
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