8 cosy hotels in Britain
Middlethorpe Hall & Spa - Tailor make the break of your choice
York
Handy for the racecourse, this William and Mary mansion, built for Sheffield cutler Thomas Barlow ‘in the Italian mode’, operates as a hotel and spa, ‘ideal for those seeking individual attention and pampering’.
The Nare - 'Coastal Walking' Special Offer
Veryan-in-Roseland
‘The views are glorious,’ writes a Guide regular, after a visit to Toby Ashworth’s hotel above Carne Beach. ‘Each night I fell asleep to the sound of waves.’
The Traddock - Tasting Menu Special Offer
Austwick
‘We have stayed many times, and it remains a favourite,’ writes a trusted reader after this year's visit to the Reynolds family’s popular, dog-friendly Dales hotel.
The Nobody Inn
Exeter
Buried deep in the countryside, Sue Burdge’s inn is so much the model of an olde worlde Devon pub that it ‘could have been created by a set designer’.
Llangoed Hall
Brecon
A ‘fabulous’ art collection still adorns this Jacobean mansion, which was opened as a hotel by the late Sir Bernard Ashley in 1990.
Boath House
Nairn
‘A beautiful hotel with wonderful food and lovely young staff.’ Readers this year loved their stay at Don and Wendy Matheson’s Georgian mansion in gardens and parkland.
The Feathers
Woodstock
Near Blenheim Palace, old-world charm and modern facilities unite at this child-friendly hotel with bags of personality in a Cotswolds market town.