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. It is run by Lila Arora, whose grandmother, the late chatelaine extraordinaire Imogen Skirving, inherited the house in 1983 and – inspired by a dream – welcomed paying guests there as friends. A reader who stayed in Bohemia and Brownlow reported that all the rooms were 'distinctive and interesting'. They have antiques, paintings, clocks, books, cameos, curios and a story. Barbara Cartland was a favourite of the 'Pink Lady of Romance' (but is no longer pink). Ground-floor Barrister, with panelled walls and porcelain plates around the picture rail, was where a QC pal of Imogen's hung out his suit. Public rooms are similarly beguiling with a small bar and lovely sitting room. In the flagstone-floored dining room, Gary Booth's short menus feature quality, local produce and include dishes such as assiette of Langar lamb with Jersey royals, anchovy, baby gem lettuce or roast skate wing with Cornish crab, asparagus and Thai crab broth.