Artist Residence Brighton

Right-on Brighton rocks to a bohemian rhythm, encapsulated by Charlotte and Justin Salisbury’s mural-bedaubed hotel on a Regency square with view to the eerie remains of the West Pier. The quirky style for four further hotels was set here in 2008, when Justin invited artists to decorate his parents’ B&B in exchange for free board. You might go for a small sea-view room with work by street artists and upcycled furniture, or trade up to a master room with a balcony, a bespoke super-king-size four-poster, and a copper roll-top bath for two. In either, you’ll have a Roberts radio, a minibar, an espresso machine and organic Bramley toiletries. One reader’s room had the ‘perfect view down to the i360’, another a ‘small but well-equipped bathroom’. There is informal dining from lunch through to dinner in the Clubhouse which serves a casual small plate menu. Breakfast brings ‘tasty cooked dishes’, including a full vegan with sourdough from Flint Owl Bakery in Lewes, home-smoked salmon with kimchi hollandaise. (D and JB, and others)