Best country house hotels in Somerset

The setting is pure hog heaven at Robin Hutson’s third Pig hotel, surrounded by a deer park in a fold in the Mendips. The part-Georgian building comes in the group’s signature shabby-chic style.

In springtime, wisteria cascades around the door of this 15th-century red sandstone manor house B&B on the Dyer family’s dairy farm.

In a ‘lovely little medieval village’ overlooked by a red sandstone castle, what was an old guest house for the abbots of Cleeve Abbey is today a 'friendly and relaxed' hotel.

The buzz caused when Palladian Hadspen manor house opened its doors in 2019 shows no signs of abating; despite high prices, it’s hard to get a room without booking months ahead.