Cotswolds, United KingdomPainswick
Painswick Hotel
Palladian hillside vicarage
Painswick Cotswolds, United Kingdom
Renovated
2016
Price
$$$
Rated for
Design Heritage LocalOutside the door
The house
CalcotPalladian hillside vicarage
The former parish vicarage runs with unpretentious ease, welcoming muddy walkers off the valley trails straight into fireside sitting rooms.
What it’s good at
Notable
Nicky Farquhar refreshed the Georgian interiors with roaring log burners and valley-view suites.
Notable
An eighteenth-century Palladian vicarage expanded by Detmar Blow with a chapel wing.
What they say
Michelin Selected
Michelin
The copper-countered bar was once the old chapel beneath stained glass, pouring cocktails that change with the months.
Somewhere quiet
Away from the crowds. Getting around takes intention.
The Cotswold Way runs right through the village, leading past honey-stone cottages to St Mary's church and its ninety-nine yew trees.
The rooms
Hideaway Rooms have roll-top baths beside wood-burning stoves, and George's Suite adds a four-poster bed with a valley-facing balcony.
The treatment rooms
Therapists give massages and Elemis facials in two rooms with leaded mullion windows looking across the hills.
The Bar
A curved counter sits in the semicircular chapel wing, serving seasonal drinks beneath ornate plaster ceiling medallions.
Sauce Restaurant
Teal-panelled dining rooms look out across the Slad Valley, serving seasonal sharing plates and Sunday lunches from local growers.
At the table
Afternoon tea and grazing plates are served by the lounge fire or out on the valley-facing stone terrace.
How it began
Reverend William Henry Seddon bought the house in 1897, funding its expansion into a vicarage with his wife's Worcestershire sauce fortune.
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The medals
Gold
Extremely rare. Sets the global standard.
Silver
Brilliant execution. And we’re picky.
Bronze
They did this well. You’ll notice.
Listed
A defining trait. Makes the hotel what it is.
The eight vibes
Design
Built around a vision. Even the door handles have a designer.
Luxe
Cared for at every turn. The bath is drawn before you ask.
Local
It could only be here. You wake up knowing where you are.
Social
Where the city goes out. The bar is full and the night is young.
Heritage
A building with a story. Once a palace, a monastery, a station.
Wellness
You leave feeling new. Rest, sweat, soak and sleep like a stone.
Classic
The city grew up with it. Same rituals, same regulars, same bar.
Resort
A world of its own. Something to do from breakfast to nightcap.
The scene
Lively
Where things happen: restaurants, shops, people.
Central
Well-located: walkable to some things, a short ride to more.
Quiet
Away from the crowds. Getting around takes intention.
Secluded
A place apart: the property is the destination.