Glamping · Painswick
Shepherd Huts at the Butchers Arms
Two shepherd huts beside the Butchers Arms at Sheepscombe, about two miles by road from Painswick, each with a king-size bed, shower room and kitchen.
Dog-friendly · Walker-friendly · EV charging
A night in a shepherd hut with the village pub next door and walks from the gate.
- Good: Log burner and electric heating in each hut
- Good: Welcome hamper with breakfast basics
- Good: Two EV chargers and a bike store with e-bike charging
- Good: 10% off when you book online
- Worth knowing: Dogs extra; mention them when booking
- Worth knowing: No children (per Booking.com); check-out by 10am
About
Two shepherd huts, Annie and Rosie, stand beside the Butchers Arms at Sheepscombe, about two miles by road from Painswick, and look over the valley and the village. They are named after Laurie Lee's mother and the Rosie of Cider with Rosie; Lee lived locally and drank at the pub.
Each hut has a king-size bed, a shower room, a kitchen, a log-burning stove with firewood and electric heating, free wifi and its own entrance and patio, reached up a flight of steps. A welcome hamper of bread, milk, eggs, cereal and biscuits is left for you. Check-in is at 3pm and check-out at 10am.
Up to two dogs are welcome for £10 a dog a night, with a box of towel, bowl, bags and treats; tell the pub when you book. Its Booking.com listing says children are not allowed. There is ample parking, two EV charge points and a secure bike store with an e-bike charger. Book online for 10% off, or by phone or email. The pub serves lunch and dinner most days and has a leaflet of walks from the door.
The details
- Rooms
- 2
- Check-in
- From 3pm
- Check-out
- By 10am
- Features
- Parking · Wi-Fi · Bike storage · Views
- Parking
- Ample parking at the pub, with two 7kW EV charge points paid through the Monta app.
Photos
The huts above the valley 
Food from the pub 
A window table 
The bar at the Butchers Arms
Location
Nearby walks, places and things to do
- The Butchers Arms
- Woody's Cottage 0.7 km away
- Painswick Golf Club Bar and Café 2.2 km away
- St Anne's 2.4 km away
Sights nearby
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Painswick Stream
Sight · River · Painswick
The Painswick Stream runs south in the valley below Painswick to the River Frome at Stroud. It drove the town's cloth trade: 25 mills stood in the parish in 1820. Footpaths follow it past Loveday's Mill, Skinners Mill and Kingsmill, old mills that are now homes.
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Snows Farm Nature Reserve
Sight · Nature reserve · Stroud and the Five Valleys
Snows Farm is a Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust reserve of 21 hectares at the head of the Slad valley: old limestone grassland, ancient beech wood and the Dillay Brook, with more than 300 kinds of plant, grazed by cattle and Dartmoor ponies, on the Laurie Lee Wildlife Way.
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Quaker Meeting House, Painswick
Sight · Historic building · Painswick
Painswick's Friends Meeting House is a plain stone meeting house of 1706 off Vicarage Street, built on land given by the Loveday family and still used by Quakers every Sunday. Its walled garden, an old burial ground, is open for quiet reflection. Grade II.
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St Mary's Church, Painswick
Sight · Church · Painswick
St Mary's is Painswick's Grade I parish church, of the late fourteenth and fifteenth centuries with a tall stone spire, set in a churchyard of clipped yews and carved table tombs that is on the national Register of Parks and Gardens. Open daily; the clipping is each September.