With its romantic bedrooms and views across the Menai Strait, the former country residence of the Armstrong-Jones family is 'steeped in history, love and charming details – a unique property'. 'Overlying the period details is a sheen of elegant country-house luxury.' Annie and Daniel Perks have preserved the romance of this Victorian home (with 17th-century origins), where Princess Margaret and Lord Snowdon used to spend weekends, while also introducing modern comforts. Antiques, family portraits, memorabilia and signed photographs by Lord Snowdon decorate the rooms. Bedrooms are furnished with bold wallpapers, swagged curtains and a mix of antique and bespoke furniture. Some have four-posters or carved beds, others a fireplace or window seat. Readers staying in the Lady Armstrong-Jones room were pleased with the 'comfort, design, size and imagery'. Bathrooms vary from compact to opulent with gold fittings. Guests gather in the welcoming drawing room with its open fire and plump sofas before a dinner of 'superb food served by excellent staff'. 'The best use of seasonal produce I have seen for a February night in a long time.' The monthly changing menu from chef Daniel Ap Geraint might include herb-crusted lamb loin or halibut poached in kombu butter. 'An outstanding example of hospitality.' (Mary Coles, Shayna Roberts, CH )