Olga Polizzi's beautifully styled Georgian fishing lodge, built for the Duke of Bedford and scandalous Duchess Georgiana, stands in a picturesque designed landscape with the River Tamar running through.

Winding country lanes lead to this popular local and gastropub with a welcoming vibe, smart New England-style bedrooms and a restaurant serving the freshest fish and seafood.

'An exceptional seaside hotel', with views from the rooms and terrace to secluded Combesgate beach below, this family-friendly hotel is a former Edwardian gentleman's retreat.

You can dine in style in the Grand Ballroom or hunker down in the cosy old Pilchard inn at this extraordinary Art Deco hotel on a tidal island just a sea tractor ride from the 21st century.

You drive down a single-track road on the edge of Dartmoor National Park and cross a brook to reach this dog-friendly, very ancient, thatched and whitewashed village pub, redolent of history, serving excellent, locally sourced pub classics, with rustic-chic bedrooms and two resident ghosts.

A short stroll from the sands, behind a Georgian facade, the seventh Pig in the litter has dramatic medieval and Jacobean interiors, with bedrooms in the main house, the annexe and in garden wagons, and a restaurant making abundant use of local fish, shellfish and kitchen-garden produce.

The Gloriana of Robin Hutson's Pig hotel collection, this Grade I-listed Elizabethan beauty in the peaceful Otter valley has the expected shabby-chic interiors, with French antiques, Zoffany fabrics and portraits of bewigged bigwigs, bedrooms decorated in restful pastels, a 25-mile menu making clever use of produce from the kitchen garden, and wood-fired flatbreads served outside a restored folly.

The restaurant, terrace and many of the New England-style bedrooms overlook South Sands beach at this contemporary hotel, where you can bring your dog, dine alfresco on Fowey mussels or crab linguine, and sleep within sight and sound of the waves.

Choose a stylish bedroom, suite or waterside lodge at this Victorian merchant's house in landscaped grounds, where imaginative brasserie-style fare is served in the coach house.

A very handsome 18th-century coaching inn in an old shipbuilding town on the Exe estuary is home to bright, contemporary bedrooms, a fishmongers and deli, and a modern glazed atrium for meals, with interesting locally sourced dishes in menus for omnivores, vegetarians and vegans.

A family and dog-friendly leisure resort in the Mole valley, this deconstructed hotel offers a choice of traditional rooms and eco-friendly lodges, morning-to-night activities, plus formal and casual dining.

Olive and Hugo Guest's Georgian house on the family's smallholding is run as a guest house and restaurant with beautifully styled interiors, heated pool, tennis court, and an ethos inspired by Italian agriturismo, using home-grown produce for picnics, lunches, Aga-cooked kitchen suppers and gourmet dinners.

On a working farm, this wedding and events venue and B&B offers beautiful manor-house bedrooms and adaptable self-catering suites in four converted barns.

In manicured gardens beside the River Taw, this flower-festooned Edwardian hotel has 63 comfortable bedrooms, an old-fashioned, capacious residents' lounge, fine-dining restaurant with a military-themed bistro for more casual meals, and guests can take a short drive to use the swimming pools at sister property, Brend Hotel.

A cliff-top Victorian coastguard station is today a luxury hotel, standing in rural seclusion, with spa, indoor and outdoor pools, sea-view balcony bedrooms, garden suites opening onto the lawn, a menu of sharing plates and bistro classics, and a private beach a walk away.

In 19 acres of sub-tropical gardens, this family-owned and family-friendly spa hotel is a happy marriage of the traditional and informal, with on-site golf, tennis and croquet, well-equipped rooms, a fine dining sea-view restaurant with a wall of windows, and the 16th-century Village Inn serving a gastropub menu.

A single-track lane winds its way to this Tudor-style country house, in gardens and woodland on the banks of the Teign and the edge of Dartmoor National Park. It has panelled public rooms, open fires, beautiful bedrooms, Michelin-starred dining and a cosseting ambience.