Middlethorpe Hall & Spa vs ?

"Aimed at those who prize period details like oak-paneled walls, four-poster beds, carved wood bannisters, and window seats and whose idea of luxury is a bowl of fresh daffodils." Full review

"One of the selective Historic House Hotels chain and, arguably, its finest."

"The elegant three-story house is handsomely proportioned, the redbrick walls enlivened with limestone window sashes, stone quoins and a pedimented porch." Full review

"York's top spot is this breathtaking 17th-century country house set in 20 acres of parkland that was once the home of diarist Lady Mary Wortley Montagu." Full review

"Set in its own grounds on 26 odd acres, Middlethorpe is a beautiful William & Mary seventeenth-century house in warm red brick."