A welcome return to the Guide for Austin Lynch and Tim Culkin’s extraordinary B&B, a Regency townhouse with views over the River Swale, filled with such an array of artworks, antiques, vintage clocks, glass, china and silverware, it has been dubbed ‘the Wallace Collection of the North’. Bedrooms are beautifully furnished, of course. Room 6, the Garden Apartment, has a sitting room, basic cooking and dining facilities, and direct access to the award-winning garden, with its collections of snowdrops, old roses, hostas and ferns. Perfect hosts Austin and Tim welcome new arrivals with tea, coffee or wine. Breakfast, beautifully presented on Spode china, is a feast, with organic yoghurt, maybe poached Yorkshire rhubarb, and kippers among the cooked choices.