Bedrooms

The Briers has nine bedrooms across two floors, and every one of them has its own bathroom. Nobody shares, and nobody ends up on a sofa bed.

Two ground-floor rooms have king-size beds and walk-in showers, with no stairs to climb. Room Seven is the family room, with a double and bunk beds, sleeping four. There are two twins, two rooms with a double and a single, and two further kings, one of them newly decorated with a freestanding bath beside the bed.

Take the whole house at a weekend and all nine are yours, sleeping up to 22. Sunday to Thursday they are sold individually from £89 a night, room only with tea and coffee in the room, and a door code sent to you on the morning you arrive. Room guests can use the snug; the bar, dining room, kitchens, hot tubs and sauna are for whole-house bookings only.