Three Tuns, The

This increasingly well-regarded inn with rooms in the heart of the North Yorkshire Moors can claim a close contact with the inspired designs of Rennie Mackintosh as well as an abundance of fine wood carving by the Mouseman from Kilburn. The result is a highly attractive interior before you even start considering the food and drink.

Which is of no mean order. Their website tells you that "serving food that people want to eat is our philosophy", and this is no idle boast.  A typical evening menu could consist of confit of duck with beetroot and apple chutney, or spicy tuna cakes with chilli jam, followed by pork fillet wrapped in bacon with a cider and ginger meat glaze, apple and red cabbage, or beef stroganoff with gnocchi dumplings, sour cream and parmesan.

Follow with char-grilled amaretto peaches and clotted cream, or rhubarb pudding, crème Anglaise and nutmeg ice cream. Nor are the helpings of any of these sturdy dishes on the skimpy side - remember, this is Yorkshire where things are not done by halves.

Outside a palm tree in their pleasant garden provides visible evidence of climate change as you enjoy a quiet pint or two of some of the local brews.