Come for Goodwood races and seasonal festivals galore – summer, music and literary. Return to comfortable bedrooms with armchairs, Portmeirion china and spotless en suite bathrooms; the sunny room at the back looks out over pretty garden, fields and the South Downs beyond (you’re on the main road but it’s surprisingly quiet). Cherry gives you breakfast at a long polished table by the fire in the lovely beamed dining room, or out on the stone terrace if it’s summery. You’re close to the theatre and sailing in Chichester and the castle in Arundel, Petworth is teeming with antique shops, and you can walk to the pub for a good supper.
All that is most civilised in English country living is to be found at Weston House. We had a perfect mid-week break in this most beautiful house in a most beautiful part of England.