"Rooms are a riot of colour, a debutante ball’s worth of eccentrically-clashing patterns, texture and furniture styles...there are gilded Art Deco mirrors, 1960s coffee tables"

"The city’s Georgian brick Assembly House, opposite the Theatre Royal, is now a cookery school, hotel and cafe, serving elegant afternoon teas"

"Everything about it – from the fairy-lit facade and four-poster beds to the fresh milk and underfloor heating – feels luxurious. Every room is totally distinct. "