Cardynham House Bed & Breakfast in the Cotswolds

The Entrance To Cardynham House Bed & Breakfast

Enter the little door and step back in time for a truly unique break.

Located in Painswick, the “Queen of the Cotswolds”, Cardynham House is a 15th-16th Century Grade 2 star listed house. There is wealth of character to be found in every room each one decorated in a style of its own. Each bedroom features not only a unique style but also a four poster or half tester bed and every room has an en suite bathroom with bath, shower or both. Choose from “Medieval Garden”, “Palm Beach” and “Old Tuscany” on the page The Rooms 1 of this web site, “The Highlands”, “Dovecote” and “New England” on the page The Rooms 2 of this web site or “Cottage Rose”, “Arabian Nights” and the “Pool Room” on the page The Rooms 3 of this web site.

All rooms at Cardynham House are spacious and have tea, coffee and hot chocolate making facilities, television, hair dryers and direct dial telephones. Cots for babies are available if required. We can arrange for flowers, champagne and other gifts to be in the room prior to your arrival as a surprise. Some rooms can be made up with a “Z” bed if needed for an extra guest and two rooms have a double and a single bed whilst Dovecote has a double and two single beds for families.

The House itself has a residents lounge with open fireplace and adjacent to this a conservatory with comfortable chairs overlooking a small internal courtyard. Throughout the house are objects of interest, books, magazines and art works.

Breakfasts at Cardynham House are a special occasion and include a traditional individually prepared English breakfast, American pancakes and porridge.

Cardynham House also has had many interesting visitors, but perhaps the one of most note was Adam Smith in the 18th Century. Adam Smith visited Painswick and stayed at Cardynham House before he wrote his book "The Wealth of Nations". It has been suggested that he observed the working mills on the Painswick Stream and noted that one had a rudimentary production line in place and that from this he developed his ideas on more efficient producers driving less efficient producers from business.

The Bistro at Cardynham House

We have now opened our own Bistro restaurant at Cardynham House featuring local produce and daily specials. The Bistro is open Tuesday through to Saturday nights for evening meals and is open for lunch every day except Monday.

We hope to add the menu to our website shortly. In the meantime if you complete an enquiry form and request copies we can email to you our Lunch Menu, Evening Menu and Wine List in Word document format.

For direct enquiries and bookings in the Bistro only please telephone 01452 810030.

The Cross Painswick Gloucestershire GL6 6XX England
Tel: +44 (0)1452 814006 Fax: +44 (0)1452 812321
Email: Cardynham House