A former draper’s and mercer’s–turned–bank, opposite the Bodleian Library, is these days a smart bar, restaurant and hotel.

Conveniently located near the Oxford Union, this Cotswold-stone town house once held council offices; today it banishes the workaday as a ‘friendly, boutique' hotel’ with 'very pleasant staff'.

‘We visit Oxford every year and the Old Parsonage never disappoints.’

The scent of freshly baked bread wafts through this affable B&B in a leafy suburb, gently hailing the start of a new day.