Millgate House, Richmond, Yorkshire

Millgate House, located in a Georgian building just off Richmond’s cobbled square, is a guesthouse made in heaven, says Fiona Duncan in The Sunday Telegraph.

Even brewing coffee is "an art form" here – water is left exactly 25 seconds after boiling. Coffee is just one option in the "elegantly presented" breakfast, served in a dining room gleaming with mahogany and silver.

The "award-winning paradise garden" tumbles towards the River Swale and its waterfall; there’s a Regency drawing room with a roaring fire; and the bedrooms are "gracious", with good beds.

Doubles from £110 b&b.
Contact: 01748-823571; millgatehouse.com
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