Once you have navigated the joys of this ‘rambling building’ in honey Cotswold stone, with its ‘superb spa’, cinema and choice of dining, there are the 26 different ‘rooms’ in the ‘beautiful, well-tended gardens’ to explore.

The Teff brook runs by this 17th-century limestone small hotel and former dower house in a Nadder valley village, with views of green fields and gardens.

‘A beautiful forest drive’ leads to this stone inn on the Longleat estate, where tables are set out invitingly among pollarded limes known as ‘The Twelve Apostles’.

A private drive leads to this Victorian gentleman farmer’s Italianate country house, in wooded grounds and gardens, with ‘a lovely heated outdoor pool’.

A 17th-century pub complete with vintage Usher sign, this is no ordinary village inn, but its restaurant and rooms are 'perfect for a secluded weekend getaway', offering all the values that this Guide champions.

A Georgian rectory-turned-boutique hotel, in manicured gardens with swimming pool, is a first hospitality venture for music industry executive Alex Payne, who called in the team behind The Beckford Arms, Tisbury (see entry), with designer Natasha Hidvegi, a former plastic surgeon, to give the place a facelift.

It would be ‘hard to find somewhere more olde-worlde than this 15th-century coaching inn’, with its fireplaces and flagstones, and wonky beams aplenty.

‘Friendly, enthusiastic staff’ animate this popular bar/restaurant-with-rooms, which occupies an 18th-century merchant’s house by a footpath skirting the River Avon.