The Red House Circa 150 Metres North of the Stables
THE RED HOUSE CIRCA 150 METRES NORTH OF THE STABLES, PAINSWICK HOUSE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1304275
- Date first listed:
- 24-Aug-1990
- List Entry Name:
- The Red House Circa 150 Metres North of the Stables
- Statutory Address:
- THE RED HOUSE CIRCA 150 METRES NORTH OF THE STABLES, PAINSWICK HOUSE
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1304275
- Date first listed:
- 24-Aug-1990
- List Entry Name:
- The Red House Circa 150 Metres North of the Stables
- Statutory Address 1:
- THE RED HOUSE CIRCA 150 METRES NORTH OF THE STABLES, PAINSWICK HOUSE
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- THE RED HOUSE CIRCA 150 METRES NORTH OF THE STABLES, PAINSWICK HOUSE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Gloucestershire
- District:
- Stroud (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Painswick
- National Grid Reference:
- SO8642910668
Details
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
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 133444
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Garden History in Garden History, Vol. 4, ()
Other
Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in England, Part 16 Gloucestershire,
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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