As our train winds through the Pembrokeshire hills, the number of passengers getting off at each station dwindles. By the time we reach our stop, we’re the only ones to disembark. We’ve come to this scenic corner of South Wales to visit the Grove of Narberth: a boutique hotel hidden within a glorious green patchwork of meadows and gardens.

The whitewashed Georgian manor house lies at the end of a private tree-lined path. Neil and Zoe Kedward bought the derelict property back in 2007, and set about painstakingly restoring the crumbling house and outbuildings. The result is something that feels quite special. It’s clear a lot of care has gone into choosing every last detail, from the tapestries that hang from the walls (a nod to the woollen mills nearby) to the jug of freshly made lemonade

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