Not really a hotel, but a beautiful, quiet, ancient retreat centre run by Quakers offering b&b. Perfectly comfortable, and a lovely garden, but some of the facilities are a little dated and tired (the shower taps were hard to figure out for example). Dont let that stop you coming though, it will be good for your soul as well as your body.
Nice location, clean room
And then...
- the room's windows open to the outdoor area, and guests partied until very late
- temperature outside was 30, no aircon, just a little fan
- wash basin in the bedroom (??) not in the bathroom
Probably the worst continental breakfast ever! Breakfast is âservedâ from 7.00 until 9.00. We arrived just before 8.00am. No staff visibly on duty, and empty baskets and empty plates with one slice of salami remaining. We found a gentleman in the kitchen who said âIf nothing is there then its all gone. If you can wait 25 minutes I will heat two croissants.â Far worse than Fawlty Towers.
Friendly staff but room a little cramped and did not expect wash basin in bedroom with toilet behind a rickety sliding door.
Breakfast was very poor with little choice, not restocked, teas and coffees in a flask that was cold, also run out of fruit juice.
I donât know if the non main house rooms are better but my room in the
Main house was so awful I had to check out. After a meeting arrived back at hotel late , it was dark and dangerous, couldnât get in main door, no reception, finally telephoned someone and had to put my shoulder against the door to get in! The room was awful. Incredibly dated and basic, bits all over the floor. The heating didnât work, turned on a heater and filled the room with a smell of hot dust. The overflow in the bathroom ran continuously and sounded like the niagra falls and every few minutes a fan kicked in like a train passing. On the bed were two tiny towels. There was no bedside table so you had to walk across the room to turn off the nearest light and somehow find your way back into bed in the pitch dark. The bathroom resembled student halls. The corridor carpets were stained and basic. All staff disappeared early evening so there was no one to assist. I checked out at 10.30 pm which shows how bad it was. I have since found reports of the fan and toilet overflow on other websites so this is clearly known about but not attended too.
With the help of Hotels.com I did manage to get a refund. !
The radiators didn't work, so heating was provided by 3 electric heaters at different corners of the room. Things had clearly been like that for a while as each radiator was labelled with our room number.
Also, there was a regular noise every 5 minutes or so from the pipework which wasn't a problem during the day but which was annoying at night.
Other than that the room was nice and the continental breakfast was excellent
Pretty place very restful and a good breakfast included.
The duvet tog seemed a bit much for the summer especially with a foam topper but otherwise I couldnât fault it.