This is the Mayor’s Parlour, a self-contained suite designed by William Burges as part of a Victorian extension to the original medieval building. In Dover on the Kent Coast Top tip The quirky and cosy Lantern Inn near St Margaret’s Bay Who will love it? The wooden beds are deceptively comfy and the bathrooms top spec (I was particularly taken by our freestanding mustard-coloured tub). The restoration feat is astonishing and the finish immaculate, a five-star difference from the poor pilgrim’s hostel this once was. Rachel Cocker was a guest of the Landmark Trust which has three nights’ self-catering for six from £663 (landmarktrust.org.uk)
