THE STARR
Market Place / Great Dunmow / Essex ( GB ) - ( 0 ) 1371 - 874 321 The Starr dates back 500 years, and is now a restaurant with rooms. There are only eight rooms, so book ahead, especially for the Oak Room, which has a roll-top bath at the foot of a four-poster bed. Doubles from £ 115.

GRAVETYE MANOR
Vowels Lane / East Grinstead / West Sussex ( GB ) - ( 0 ) 1342 - 810 567 Seriously grown-up but friendly hotel in an Elizabethan manor with immaculate gardens. Many rooms have four-posters. There`s a two-night minimum stay at weekends, but it`s worth hanging around to try out the Michelin-starred restaurant. Honeymooning couples receive a half-bottle of champagne on arrival. Doubles from £ 190.

LANGSHOTT MANOR
Horley / Surrey ( GB ) - ( 0 ) 1293 - 786 680 The rooms in this Tudor manor are individually decorated, with marble bathrooms - one even has a four-poster bath! Stuff will take you to the airport and look after your car for free.Doubles from £ 185 Flyaway package from £ 275.

ETROP GRANGE
Thorley Lane / Manchester Airport ( GB ) - ( 0 ) 161 - 499 0500 This Georgian mansion ( with new additions ) is popular with the wedding-night brigade. Fifteen of the 64 rooms have four-posters and Jacuzzi baths. Newlyweds are chauffeured to the airport by Jaguar, and your car will be looked after for £ 4 a day while you`re away on honeymoon. Doubles from £ 108.

GREAT FOSTERS
Stroude Road / Egham / Surrey ( GB ) - ( 0 ) 1784 - 433 822 Henry VIII built Great Fosters as a hunting lodge. Today, he would no doubt stay in the huge Tapestry Room, with its carved fireplace and roll-top bath. You can leave your car here for free. Doubles from £ 160.