The Red House Circa 150 Metres North Of The Stables

PAINSWICK PAINSWICK HOUSE SO 8610/8710 6/257 The Red House, c.150 m north of The Stables GV II* Garden pavilion. c.1750, possibly by Thomas Robins. Thin bedded limestone rubble with ashlar dressings; some evidence of former red colourwash or plaster. A two-part pavilion with its front canted to embrace two converging vistas, all set back against the hillside. Single storey, left has ogee parapet to stone cross, flanked by pinnacled Gothick panelled buttresses, and with ogee- headed cusped openings flanking a similar door opening with half round pilasters approached by 7+2 stone steps. The window openings have stone seat at sill level on heavy brackets. Right is narrower unit with concave parapet over a single cusped opening. Left half has coved ceiling, and a cusped-arch door leads through to the right, which has a small fireplace leading to a cross-roll saddle flue. One of a group of garden buildings in an important surviving rococo ensemble.

(Mowl, T and White, R; Thomas Robins at Painswick, Jnl of Garden History, Vol 4, no 2).

Listing NGR: SO8642910668