The Red House Circa 150 Metres North Of The Stables

The Red House, located approximately 150 meters north of The Stables in Painswick, is a garden pavilion built around 1750, possibly by Thomas Robins. Constructed from thin bedded limestone rubble with ashlar dressings, it shows signs of a former red colourwash or plaster. This single-storey, two-part pavilion is designed to face two converging views and is set back against the hillside.

The left section features an ogee parapet topped with a stone cross, flanked by pinnacled Gothick panelled buttresses. It has ogee-headed cusped openings beside a similar door opening, which is supported by half round pilasters and accessed via a flight of nine stone steps. The window openings include stone seats at sill level, resting on heavy brackets. The right section is narrower and has a concave parapet above a single cusped opening. Inside, the left half has a coved ceiling, and a cusped-arch door leads to the right half, which contains a small fireplace with a cross-roll saddle flue. The Red House is part of a significant group of garden buildings that form an important surviving rococo ensemble.