‘Down country lanes and a mile-long private drive’, this Elizabethan manor house is the Miss Piggy among Robin Hutson’s quirky country house hotels (see index). Like that porcine diva, it embodies fabulosity with a dash of irresistibility and a great, big dollop of attitude.

Hidden down a drive in remote mid-Devon, this Victorian country house and fine-dining restaurant blends modern design with original features to startling effect.

‘Divine countryside views’ sweep away from Olivia and Hugo Guest’s Georgian house, on the hilltop of their 15-acre smallholding.

In an old ship-building town on the Exe estuary, this updated 18th-century coaching inn is today a contemporary restaurant-with-rooms with clean-cut, modern accommodation and a reputation for fine food.

Come down a single-track road to reach this Teign valley pub, its thatched roof, cob walls and wide stone fireplaces.