Beaverbrook Hotel, England

This late Victorian neo-classical mansion country estate, former home of Lord Beaverbrook is set in 400 acres and has been transformed into a lavish hotel that exudes charm and eccentricity. Indeed, to stay at Beaverbrook country house hotel is to take a trip back in time.

Steeped in history, each of the beautifully appointed bedrooms in the house nod towards past guests. Elizabeth Taylor, Rudyard Kipling, Ian Fleming and so Winston Churchill were frequent visitors to the estate.

Choose to stay in either The House, with interiors designed by Susie Atkinson, or the garden house with stunning country interiors by Nicola Harding. Banquet on fine Anglo-Italian cuisine in the garden house restaurant, alongside its unique cookery school.

While in The House, and ex-Nobu chef runs the Japanese Grill. The Coach House Spa offers treatment rooms, indoor and outdoor pools, gym and deli offering healthy food options.

Great for families, The Orangery is a haven for children to escape the parents at weekends and is transformed during the week into an ideal meeting space.