The red-and-white candy-striped parasols outside this wisteria-swagged foodie pub with rooms send an irresistible message: come in, it’s fun. Within the historic fabric of a 17th-century wool merchant’s house and the former Cotswold Plough, interiors artfully mix good antiques, flea-market finds, bespoke pieces from British craftspeople and modern luxuries. Every detail has been thought through, from velvet chair coverings and vintage lantern lighting to Bakelite dial phones, Roberts radios, 100 Acre toiletries. Bedrooms range from ‘cosy’ to family-size with bunks. Larger doubles have a super-king or emperor bed. All have cafetière coffee and home-baked cookies. Some have direct outdoor access. Some, in a new ‘barn’ annexe are dog friendly. Inside the main building are a series of snug interconnecting rooms with beams, fireplaces, bookshelves, comfy seating. You can eat in the bar, restaurant, new garden room and garden, steaks flame-grilled over apple and cherry wood, rotisserie chicken, maybe wood-fired beetroot rice, sheep’s labneh, treacle dressing. A good buffet breakfast is included in the room price; cooked dishes include a full English, smashed avocado on baked eggs shakshuka, labneh, dukkah. Sister venture the Mason’s Arms is just across the road.