With its bright yellow front door and rhubarb-pink sitting room, this Georgian townhouse with cottages, forge and restaurant in the adjacent ironmonger's is both 'classic and chic, a place exuding love and care'. Aled and Claudia Rees have created stylish, unstuffy interiors that 'blend the past beautifully with the present', says a Guide insider: original fireplaces and wooden floors complement the fashion photography and striped furnishings. Main-house bedrooms have Georgian-coloured walls, artistic wallpapers and vintage furniture. Overlooking the pretty courtyard garden, Cottage rooms – two with a log-burner – and Forge rooms are more rustic, with exposed beams and stonework. A reader found theirs 'immaculate in all respects, with complimentary cheese, cider and apple juice'. Bathrooms are bold, some with hand-painted tiles, others with freestanding baths. For his daily changing menu of small plates, sharing dishes and snacks in Briar restaurant, award-winning chef Sam Lomas uses ultra-seasonal produce, some from his kitchen garden. Hauser & Wirth's gallery is just a short walk away and The Newt, with its gardens and museums, is a ten-minute drive from Bruton. 'You can't improve on perfection,' concludes a reader. (G and SB, and others)