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Wooden settles, old photographs and, yes, the odd stuffed pheasant add to the appealing character of this revamped sheep drover’s inn, which overlooks a wide spread of the Berkshire Downs.

You can mess about in boats with a fishing rod, sip a pint of bitter in the sunshine or enjoy classic gastropub fare at this cheerful pub-with-rooms beside the Thames, with moorings that are free to guests.

Facing the market square in a Cotswolds town known for its fine ‘wool church’, this stone-built 15th-century building has variously hosted a monks’ chanting-house, a post office and a coaching inn.

A ‘beautifully manicured estate which fits its billing as a village within a village’, Thyme is a collection of Cotswold stone buildings with a cookery school, pub and spa interspersed with ‘perfect English country gardens’.

Come behind the stone wall to find this inviting B&B, on the edge of an Oxfordshire village within reach of historic houses, Cotswold communities and the city of dreaming spires.

‘What a setting!’ Creeper-covered and wood fire-warmed, this busy 17th-century coaching inn (now owned by Fuller‘s) stands on the banks of the River Coln, in a quaint village William Morris described as the most beautiful in England.

The late Rosemary Verey, doyenne of the 20th-century English country garden, created the flourishing grounds at this 17th-century Cotswold stone mansion, her home from the late 1950s.

The hub of a pretty Cotswolds village, this mellow-stone pub-with-rooms (Calcot Collection) is liked for its stylish accommodation and relaxed nature.

Recently refreshed, this ‘delightful, friendly’ 17th-century coaching inn retains its authentic country air.

‘Everyone’s idea of a Cotswold pub’, this 600-year-old inn is one of the oldest buildings in a picturesque village of thatched houses on the River Windrush.

A wisteria-festooned arch frames the entry to this prettily refurbished hotel, forged from a row of 17th-century honey-hued houses.

The very model of an olde worlde inn, with its flagstones, beams, blazing fires and jumbled interiors, The Lamb sits on the edge of a picture-perfect Cotswolds wool town, in the aptly named Sheep Street.

On the outside, it looks like a chocolate box stone thatched pub, but that belies the funky interior of this Cotswold outpost of Justin and Charlotte Salisbury’s portfolio of Artist Residence properties in Brighton and London (see main entries) and Penzance (see Shortlist entry).

‘At the heart of a quintessentially Cotswold village’, this Georgian rectory turned laid-back but stylish hotel proved ‘enough to make a pair of Londoners consider giving up city life’.