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The Compasses Inn

Tisbury

Welcoming and peaceful, Ben Maschler’s traditional country pub-with-rooms occupies a thatched 14th-century inn, hidden down rural lanes bordered by hedgerows.

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Lion and Pheasant

Shrewsbury

On a street of 16th and 17th century buildings near the English Bridge, this coaching inn has been updated with a fresh, pale grey and white New England look.

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The Queensberry, Bath

There’s a huge sense of fun at this stylish hotel, whose logo is Vanity Fair’s caricature of the 9th Marquess of Queensberry, Oscar Wilde’s Nemesis.

The Royal Crescent Hotel & Spa, Bath

At the centre of a glorious Georgian crescent, two adjoining mansions are home to an elegant yet family-friendly hotel with oasis garden and beautiful spa.

The Blakeney Hotel, Holt

‘A wonderful reminder of the delight a well-run, imaginative hotel can offer,’ reads one of many good reports of this family-friendly hotel with shimmering vistas over estuary and salt marsh.

Hell Bay Hotel, Bryher

Sitting above a secluded cove on Bryher’s rugged west-facing coast, with 'nothing in between to Canada', this pretty blue-and-white weatherboarded farmhouse-turned-hotel is a '10/10 experience’, say smitten guests.

Aynsome Manor, Grange-over-Sands

Step back in time to an age of quiet elegance at this 400-year-old manor house with views over farmland to pretty Cartmel village and its Norman priory church.

Brockencote Hall, Chaddesley Corbett

As you drive through landscaped parkland to find this country house hotel overlooking a lake and 16th-century dovecote, you might wonder if you have arrived in the Loire valley.

Corse Lawn House, Corse Lawn

Ducks glide on a pond and guests take tea in front of this beautifully proportioned Queen Anne-style mansion in a hamlet between the Cotswolds and the Mendip hills.

Dedham Hall, Colchester

Readers paint an appealing picture of a stay at this characterful timber-frame manor house in deepest Constable country, where residential art courses are a big draw.

Talbooth House & Spa, DEDHAM

The Milsom family’s Victorian country house hotel in Dedham Vale, in the heart of Constable country, has been subtly rebranded with the addition of a spa by the pool house.

Gravetye Manor, East Grinstead

Deep in the Sussex countryside, a romantic Elizabethan manor house, built by an ironmaster for his bride, stands amid 1,000 acres of historically important gardens, pleasure grounds and woodland.

Summer Lodge, Evershot

Staying in this Georgian mansion in ‘flower-filled and perfectly tended gardens’ is 'a pretty faultless experience', with 'every detail properly attended to but the atmosphere still friendly and relaxed', say readers.

The Pig at Combe, Honiton

The Gloriana of Robin Hutson’s Pig hotel collection (see index), this Grade I listed Elizabethan beauty stands in ‘wonderful grounds in a special location’ in the peaceful Otter valley.

Le Manoir aux Quat’Saisons, Great Milton

‘There is a timeless elegance to Raymond Blanc’s gorgeous country house hotel, where English–French relations reach a deliciously stylish entente cordiale,’ say Guide insiders.

The Pier at Harwich, Harwich

Cranes, container ships, Holland-bound ferries . . . The views from this quayside Victorian hotel with its striking iron-lace balcony overlooking the Stour and Orwell estuaries, are ocean-going, stirring, never dull.

Homewood, Bath

A ‘playful, quirky hotel’, in a traditional honey-stone building, Homewood is ‘full of eclectic eccentricity’.

Lastingham Grange, Lastingham

The comforting, unchanging nature of this country hotel in a quiet village on the edge of the North York Moors is the big attraction for guests.

The Great House, LAVENHAM

The Great House has closed until further notice.

Lewtrenchard Manor, Okehampton

A ‘stunning Jacobean building’ is, astonishingly, largely the creation of Victorian squire, parson and prolific author the Revd Sabine Baring-Gould.

Durrants, London

If you’re looking for afternoon tea after trawling Marylebone’s chichi emporia, you’ll find freshly baked cakes and pastries in a clubby atmosphere at this much-loved bolt-hole.

Hazlitt’s, London

You can imagine nodding off in an armchair over the latest issue of Samuel Johnson’s Idler, or William Hazlitt’s polemics in the Tatler, when you step into this time-warp hotel and close the door on trendy Soho.

Portobello Hotel, London

Beyond the Doric portico of a white stucco neo-classical mansion, this boutique hotel captures the eclectic charms of glamorous and bohemian Notting Hill.

Morston Hall, Holt

Birdwatchers and bon vivants beat a path to Tracy and Galton Blackiston’s Michelin-starred restaurant-with-rooms in a flint farmhouse with Blakeney nature reserve on the doorstep.

The Seafood Restaurant, Padstow

If you can't get enough of the freshest of seafood at this restaurant-with-rooms, you can learn to prepare your own lobster for grilling and the perfect hollandaise sauce at Rick Stein's cookery school across the road.

The Frenchgate Restaurant & Hotel, Richmond

A warm Yorkshire welcome and accomplished cooking are the hallmarks of this Georgian town house on a characterful cobbled street near the centre of a handsome market town.

Driftwood Hotel, Porthscatho

‘A very nice hotel with its own private beach, secluded and quiet,’ writes a reader of this cliff-top hotel in gardens overlooking Gerrans Bay.

Hazel Bank, Keswick

For many guests, Hazel Bank is the epitome of a small country house hotel with the bonus of a picturesque valley setting, captivating fell views and walks from the doorstep.

Jeake’s House, Rye

Swathed with creepers and bedecked with flowers, this wildly atmospheric B&B stands on a cobbled street in a medieval citadel with views over Romney Marsh.

Star Castle, St Mary's

You can sit on the ramparts and watch for puffins, seals and invading armadas over a cream tea at this Elizabethan artillery castle and family-run hotel within star-shaped walls.

Lake Isle, Uppingham

Tucked away in the oldest part of Uppingham, this 18th-century whitewashed former shop is a welcoming restaurant-with-rooms with large dining-room windows overlooking the High Street.

The Inn at Whitewell, Clitheroe

Overlooking the River Hodder in the Forest of Bowland, this sprawling 18th-century manor house is joyously traditional, with stone-flagged floors, open fires and bags of atmosphere.

Whatley Manor, Easton Grey

Roses ramble over honey stone and wisteria cascades around stone mullioned casements at this Cotswolds country house hotel, with spa, gym, cinema and ‘luxury’ written all over it.

The Carpenters Arms, Pensford

Rambling roses and brimming hanging baskets adorn ‘the Carps’, a friendly local pub-with-rooms in a hamlet 25 minutes from Bath.

Howtown Hotel, Penrith

If you want a hotel with hi-tech wizardry and hot tubs, this place is not for you, but ‘if you are happy with traditional hospitality’ and ‘like to be cosseted, Howtown Hotel will do nicely’.

Langar Hall, Langar

Everything is peachy at this apricot-hued Georgian country house in the Vale of Belvoir, at the end of a long avenue of lime trees, transformed from a family home into a delightful, idiosyncratic and much-loved hotel.

The Hare and Hounds, Tetbury

Perfectly placed next to Westonbirt National Arboretum, this Victorian Cotswold stone hotel offers a relaxed family- and dog-friendly break.

The Lynch Country House, Somerton

Tucked away on the edge of a little market town 40 minutes’ drive from the Jurassic coast, this late Georgian mansion, topped by a belvedere with viewing deck, is an unusual and special B&B.

Biggin Hall, Buxton

In a small rural village in the White Peak area, this Grade II* listed 17th-century country house is run as a hotel with warmth and heart.

Fischer’s at Baslow Hall, Baslow

An Edwardian homage to 17th-century style, this beautiful manor house with rich Jacobean-inspired interiors is run as a luxury hotel with fine-dining restaurant.

The King’s Arms, Dorchester

With its projecting porch, Doric columns and bow windows, this Georgian coaching inn is a commanding presence on the High Street of Thomas Hardy's Casterbridge.

The Pheasant, Helmsley

The picture-perfect setting of this honey-stone hotel, with its courtyard garden and views over the village pond, has all the ingredients for a restorative stay.

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