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Painswick Court
  • If you’re after romantic couples retreat then hire the bijoux barn, which comes with a self-catered kitchen and its own private garden and driveway.

  • Splash out on a stay in the Queen of the Cotswolds suite, a symphony of mink, pearl, cream and white gold overlooking the landscaped grounds and the woodland of neighbouring Slad beyond.

  • The hosts can arrange personalised itineraries tailored to guest’s tastes, from a morning learning bread basics or the art of fine gastronomy at the cookery school The Food Works on the Colesbourne Park Estate to fly fishing or a polo lesson.

  • If you’ve hired the whole house for you and your friends then take the opportunity for some private time and lock yourself away from the rest of the world in the house’s onsite sauna and cinema room.

  • Indulge your inner historian and take in the houses many historical quirks like the musket hole in the front door. Spot the missing panels in the Courtroom that were reportedly removed to form part of a casket containing an Address of Loyalty and Affection given to Queen Elizabeth II on her coronation.

  • Play a game of pool or mix a mean gin and tonic behind the granite bar in the swish games room found at the top of a hidden staircase in the panelled Courtroom.

  • Go ghost-spotting in Painswick’s manicured gardens, or attempt a game of croquet on the dedicated lawn.

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