Hotel · Painswick
The Painswick
A 16-room hotel in a Palladian house on Kemps Lane, Painswick, part of the Calcot Collection, with an AA Rosette restaurant and dogs in some rooms.
Dog-friendly · Wedding venues
The hotel choice in Painswick, with the churchyard and the Rococo Garden a walk away and valley views from many rooms. Dogs are welcome in the Terrace Rooms and the Cottage, but not in the main restaurant.
- Good: AA Rosette and AA Breakfast Award (2026)
- Good: Guest passes to the Rococo Garden
- Good: Dogs in the Terrace Rooms, the Cottage, the bar and the garden lounge
- Good: A three-bedroom cottage sleeping six
- Worth knowing: Stairs and quirks throughout the old house; call ahead with access needs
- Worth knowing: Limited parking on site; the public car park on Stamages Lane is the overflow
About
The Painswick is a townhouse hotel on Kemps Lane in Painswick, part of the Calcot Collection. The house was built in the late eighteenth century as Prospect House, became the vicarage in 1897, when the Reverend William Henry Seddon bought it and brought in the architect Detmar Blow, and gained a library and chapel between 1902 and 1912. After decades as a private house it took in guests as Gwynfa House, then as the Cranham Woods Hotel, before becoming The Painswick.
The 16 rooms, in the garden and chapel wings, range from Cosy rooms to George's Suite, and they include a three-bedroom cottage with a wood-burner that sleeps six. Many rooms look across the valley. In October 2026 stays started from £210 on the Book Now and Save rate, booked at least 14 days ahead. Dogs can stay in the Terrace Rooms and the Cottage and join you in the bar, terrace and garden lounge; the hotel's own pages give no dog charge, but its listing on Mr & Mrs Smith gives £20 a dog a night, for dogs over a year old, with bowls, beds and treats.
The restaurant, Sauce, serves breakfast, a grazing menu and afternoon tea by day (Sunday lunch instead on Sundays) and an à la carte or tasting menu in the evening, and holds an AA Rosette for 2026. Guests get passes to the Rococo Garden, and St Mary's churchyard and its yews are a short walk. The hotel also hosts weddings and private dining.
Opening hours and season
Breakfast
| Monday | 07:00 to 10:00 |
|---|---|
| Tuesday | 07:00 to 10:00 |
| Wednesday | 07:00 to 10:00 |
| Thursday | 07:00 to 10:00 |
| Friday | 07:00 to 10:00 |
| Saturday | 07:00 to 10:00 |
| Sunday | 07:00 to 10:00 |
Restaurant
| Monday | 12:00 to 15:45, 17:45 to 21:00 |
|---|---|
| Tuesday | 12:00 to 15:45, 17:45 to 21:00 |
| Wednesday | 12:00 to 15:45, 17:45 to 21:00 |
| Thursday | 12:00 to 15:45, 17:45 to 21:00 |
| Friday | 12:00 to 15:45, 17:45 to 21:00 |
| Saturday | 12:00 to 15:45, 17:45 to 21:00 |
| Sunday | 12:00 to 14:45, 17:45 to 21:00 |
Sauce at The Painswick. Grazing and afternoon tea in the day, Sunday lunch to 2.45pm; tasting menu 5.45pm to 7.30pm.
The details
- Serving
- Breakfast · Lunch · Afternoon tea · Dinner · Sunday lunch
- Booking a table
- Booking recommended
- Rooms
- 16
- Check-in
- From 3pm
- Check-out
- By 11am
- Features
- Restaurant · Bar · Private dining · Views · Parking · Dogs in rooms · Dogs inside · Events and meetings
- Awards
- One AA Rosette (2026)
- AA Breakfast Award (2026)
- AA Best UK Hotels (2026)
- Sunday Times Hotel of the Year (2016)
- History
- Late eighteenth-century Palladian house, once Prospect House
- Parking
- Limited parking on site, kept for residents first. The public car park on Stamages Lane is a short walk away.
- Without a car
- Stroud station is the nearest; the Platform to Painswick offer includes a transfer from it.
Photos
A bedroom 
The dining room 
From the kitchen 
A bathroom
Location
Nearby walks, places and things to do
- Stable Cottage, Painswick 0.1 km away
- Barn Cottage, Painswick 0.1 km away
- The Falcon Inn 0.2 km away
- St Anne's 0.3 km away
Sights nearby
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Court House, Painswick
Sight · Historic building · Painswick
The Court House is a gabled stone manor house of 1604 on Hale Lane, beside Painswick churchyard, with a panelled court room and a bedroom named after Charles I. Listed Grade I, it is a private home seen from the lane and the churchyard.
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Frith Wood
Sight · Wood · Stroud and the Five Valleys
Frith Wood is an ancient beech wood of 24 hectares on the ridge between the Painswick and Slad valleys, a Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust reserve and SSSI recorded as beech woodland for over 1,000 years, with bluebells, wild garlic and woodruff in spring.
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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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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.