‘A lovely old house’, this historic mansion on the slopes of Pydew mountain has glorious views of Snowdonia.

Deep in the Wye valley, this privately owned 17th-century manor house stands in ‘a great atmosphere of peace’, overlooking green meadows leading to the river.

‘A cross between a hotel, a B&B and a holiday cottage, with the advantages of each, this is a very special place,’ say regular Guide readers this year.

The powder-blue facade of Helen and Chris Sheldon’s Georgian townhouse, with its smart portico, gives a hint of chic B&B accommodation within.

Edward and Louise Sykes’s ‘personable, wholly likeable’ restaurant-with-rooms occupies a Georgian house on the main street of an ‘attractive village’, minutes from the Pembrokeshire Coastal Path.