Wing armchairs, table lamps and a Farrow & Ball palette blend with wooden bar stools and high-back settles in the cosy bar of this 19th-century ironstone and limestone village pub-with-rooms.

Tucked away down a farm track just three miles from the city centre, this rustic-chic B&B was a shoo-in this year for promotion from the Shortlist.

On the edge of the Lincolnshire Wolds, this centuries-old manor house is in extensive grounds of landscaped gardens, fields and woodland with access to country walks and cycle routes.