Veterans of the hospitality industry Rona and David Pitchford run Georgian Macknade Manor as an elegant restaurant-with-rooms.

In a gem of a medieval Cinque Port town, this Queen Anne-style house designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens has a new lease of life as an upmarket hotel.

Well located for continental travellers, this white-painted restaurant-with-rooms on the road to Dover is a destination in itself with rural views, an interesting history and ‘excellent food’.

Assertive and stylish, this dark-timber-and-glass, purpose-built restaurant-with-rooms cantilevers over the harbour, the better to soak up views stretching to the Channel.