Step inside this the slightly austere, Victorian gothic, gritstone mansion, to find beautiful interiors with the enveloping ambience of a cherished private home. Designer Isabella Worsley has drawn inspiration from the Peak District landscape, with bespoke artworks, comfy armchairs, soft light from myriad table lamps. Each bedroom has its own identify; several have an in-room bath. Trusted readers, having booked a super-king bed, were surprised to be whisked ‘on an exciting drive though the wood’ by golf buggy to one of the timber-lined ‘hives’ inspired by Swedish folklore, with outside decking, a tiny bathroom, a kitchenette with fridge and microwave, but only a double bed. (For families there are fully equipped treehouses with outdoor copper bath.) Happily, a house room was available. ‘Room fine, bathroom fine, jar of goodies, milk and water in a fridge on the landing.’ The restaurant is ‘a lovely open space with a large glass frontage’ under a sedum roof. ‘The food was excellent. I had an Indian take on pheasant, most unusual’. Breakfast is charged à la carte, with freshly squeezed juices, homemade damson jam, honey from actual hives. A coach house holds a map room with everything you need for an outing, a boutique spa for aching limbs when you return. (BW)