The Cheltenham mansion with rooms for £150 — and the world’s best hotel gin bar

A charming city staycation (Picture: No. 131)

On the corner of one of Cheltenham’s most beautiful streets sits No. 131.

Set across three Regency townhouses, this hotel has a lot going on.

There’s 36 bedrooms, a Japanese restaurant (featured in the Michelin Guide), a wedding venue, a terrace brasserie, and two bars — one of which was recently named the world’s best hotel gin bar.

It is a warren, and while a little confusing (I got lost on more than one occasion), No. 131 is also very, very cool.

It makes sense, when you discover the married co-owners are Julian Dunkerton, who founded Superdry, and Jade...