Stafford Air b n b voted the best

A man whose holiday rental has been ranked among the best in the country said a personal note was the key to securing it six years ago.

Ben Harrison, has spent £300,000 renovating The Bottle Lodge, a 200-year-old, grade-II listed building in Tixall, near Stafford, Staffordshire.

The venue was recently named one of Hello Magazine's top six Airbnb cottages, which Harrison put down to its unusual octagonal shape.