‘Bravo! I spent three marvellous days at The Lygon Arms in the Cotswolds.’ A reader in 2019 raves about her stay at this Elizabethan coaching inn with roots in the 1300s.

‘We arrived on a golden Indian summer late afternoon to a warm welcome, culminating in tea on the lawn, looking beyond the ha-ha to a field.’

A wisteria-festooned arch frames the entry to this prettily refurbished hotel, in a hilly Cotswold town.

Imagine that a 'stylishly renovated' château has been lifted from the Loire valley and set down in 'magnificent' parkland with lake, fountain and 17th-century dovecote, all in deepest Worcestershire.

In an ‘idyllic’ Cotswolds hillside village, this Palladian merchant’s mansion with Arts and Crafts add-ons is part of the Calcot Collection (see Calcot).

Families have 'a grand time' at this 16th-century manor house with spa, in ‘lovely manicured grounds’.

There is ‘a romantic air’ to this Cotswold stone mansion, built in the 1690s and extended in the 1820s. Today a hotel and spa, it is part of the Calcot Collection (see entry for Calcot).

Approached through ‘well-maintained grounds’, then entered through a magnificent hall (Grade II* listed) with a hand-carved ceiling and balustraded minstrels’ gallery, the Wiser family’s ‘superb’ Georgian manor is a ‘very grand,’ yet a ‘relaxing experience’ run by 'friendly’ staff.

Across from Imperial Gardens, this well-restored Georgian villa has heightened its metropolitan allure with fun spaces and further accommodation in The House, next door.

Tucked behind a rambling 17th-century farmhouse overlooking the Wye valley, an architect-designed conversion of a timber-clad building is home to five voguish B&B suites.

Characterful low ceilings and beams mix with extravagant modern touches at this style-savvy hotel and restaurant (Brakspear Pubs), in a 400-year-old Grade II listed building within minutes of the Royal Shakespeare Theatre.