Shallowdale House at Ampleforth won the bed and breakfast category in the guide's annual Cesar awards - named after hotelier Cesar Ritz.

Owners Phillip Gill and Anton van der Horst run the B&B in "a very personal style", the guide says.

"It is outstanding, what an example to so many so-called hoteliers."

A Good Hotel Guide spokesman said: "This is a small guest house but it gets an awful lot of praise from our readers.

"It has great views of the Hambledon Hills, it's a lovely architect-designed house and is run in a very personal style by these two characters."

He added it was the first time a guest house from Yorkshire had won one of the coveted awards.

Last year Shallowdale House won the White Rose Award from the Yorkshire Tourist Board as the best accommodation in the region.