In ‘a great location’ close to St Nicholas market, in the old city centre, this ‘very good value, really friendly’ B&B is the second of Carla and Andrew Brooks’s growing stable of properties. Befitting its home in a refurbished 1950s office block, the lounge’s retro leather sofas and cowhide rug on a pale wooden floor emit an air of mid-century cool. Upstairs, the bright if ‘compact’ rooms have pretty Cole & Son wallpapers, real coat-hangers, a hospitality tray with tea, coffee, biscuits; a bathroom with power shower. Guests after a less conventional stay head to the rooftop where, amid tubs of shrubs, four ‘sleek, shiny’ Airstream-type caravans offer a higher form of glamping. A larger one, sleeping four, was ‘very nicely and comfortably done up’ with a ‘strong shower’ and fun strips of coloured lights. ‘The interior was very clever and cool,’ reports a younger reader. ‘A good place for a family. The roof’s amazing Astroturf felt like a garden.’ Weekends up there may have a louder party atmosphere. An ‘excellent’ breakfast in the open-plan kitchen brings organic yogurt and home-made fruit compote, a full English, eggs any way.