First, the good - it was a lovely quiet location, and the staff were great. The gentleman on the reception desk was very welcoming and pleasant, and the lady at breakfast was too. The room was pretty good, it was spacious and although dated, had everything we needed. Breakfast was ok. I saw a couple of guests with dogs whilst I was there and it's nice that it's dog friendly.
Now, the bad. It was revoltingly dirty. I don't know who they have doing the cleaning, but they need to replace them! There was lots of hair on the bathroom floor, particularly between the bath and door (top tip for the cleaners: you have to actually move the door and vaccum behind it, not just stand in the doorway and vacuum there). And not hair from somebody's head either, it was gross. And next time I'm passing I'll pop in with a limescale remover spray as a gift, as clearly the cleaners have never heard of it - the taps and bath control were covered in limescale and a quick spray of that would have had them gleaming. Most reviews I read before booking said it was dirty, I'd hoped they have addressed this but obviously not.
And although the surroundings are super quiet, it's not in the hotel as the walls are paper thin. We had a ground floor room next to an external door and all night we were woken by people going in and out of this door. We could also hear the baby crying in a room 3 doors down!