In a picturesque Cotswold town, an 18th-century inn contrived from a row of 15th-century weavers’ cottages has been gently shepherded into the 21st century.

A Georgian farmhouse filled with upcycled agricultural salvage might seem an odd sort of sister hotel for a Scottish hunting lodge, but here, as at Shieldaig Lodge (see Gairloch), it’s all about heritage.

In a gem of a Cotswold town, with its green verges, galleries and tea shops, a honey-stone house is home to this first-class restaurant-with-rooms

The gardens run down to the Thames with free moorings for guests at this gastropub-with-rooms in the Vale of the White Horse, a former toll house for the eponymous 18th-century stone bridge.

With its wisteria-covered honey stonework, medieval half-timbering and a position overlooking the village green, The Broadway is film-set perfect.

With quiz nights, a jukebox, a well-patronised bar and a choice of dining spaces, the 18th-century Royal Oak has a lively community feel where both locals and visitors feel welcome.

With funky artwork in the bar and attractive salvaged furniture, this is not your conventional thatched village inn, but it brims with a quirky charm and a warm, open-to-everyone welcome.

A charmingly refurbished hotel, forged from a row of 17th-century houses in picturesque Burford – gateway to the Cotswolds.

In a setting that elicits admiration, this stylishly updated 17th-century coaching inn stands on the banks of the River Coln, in a village, described by William Morris, as the most beautiful in England.

In a village of thatched houses, surrounded by woodland and wildflower meadows and close to a willow-hung riverbank, the 600-year-old Old Swan has a timeless charm.

Between town and racecourse in leafy Pittville, Nirav and Dhruti Sheth’s friendly hotel is in a fine stone mansion with gardens front and back.

This picture-perfect Cotswold-stone village inn is all low beams, flagged floors and open fires as befits its 400 years of service.

Fans of the Beckford Arms group (see Tisbury) will love the simple sophistication at this hotel, once home to a Georgian rector who went forth and multiplied and had 14 children to house.

Think of a quintessential English coaching inn – half-timbered facade, big stone fireplaces, low-beamed rooms, leaded windows, panelled walls, wonky floors – and you could be describing this 15th Century village inn.

Amid 240 acres of native woodland, rewilded organic meadow and grassland, this 16th-century stone manor house offers a real escape to the country.

Archie and Nicola Orr-Ewing have created a seamless blend of friendly village local and gastropub-with-rooms at their former 16th-century cider house overlooking the green.

Creepers clamber up the honey stone walls of this 17th-century coaching inn, in a peaceful village a short stroll from the River Windrush.

The classic Cotswold-stone exterior of this 17th-century inn reveals cool and fun interiors that successfully blend wooden beams and ancient floorboards with cocktails, Scandi-chic furnishings and a family-friendly feel.