The hotel is set in nice, well kept grounds. The photo certainly does it justice. The interior is good, with a nice bar and restaurant area with outdoor seating.
The problems, however, are more fundamental. The rooms are a bit tired and well look well used although the bathrooms appear to have been quite recently updated and have nice fixtures and a good walk-in shower.
Bed was comfortable enough and the linen was clean and fresh - but you'll be gambling on whether or not you get a good night's sleep. The hotel is situated about 20 yards from the road and there is a lot of traffic noise to contend with. The hotel have tried to combat this with double glazing but without air-con who wants to have their windows shut in summer?
However, worse than the traffic noise was the sound of the occupants of the room above. Were they noisy and playing loud music ? No. They merely walked around their room like anyone else, but the structure of the floor is so bad that every step they took squeaked, creaked and groaned like there were a couple of baby hippos up there.
We didn't complain.....what on earth could be done? Short of pulling the place down and rebuilding, it I don't know how you fix this place.
Sadly for the Holt, I never return to hotels where can't be sure of getting a good night's sleep.