Positive points first - excellent breakfast, very pleasant & helpful landlady. We stayed for 3 nights in a large room (decor rather dated) with a superking bed, settee, two tub chairs with small table. The bed was very comfortable. Only a 5 minute walk from the market place. Now the negative points - it was the tiniest shower room we'd ever experienced. The shower cubicle had a plastic curtain which managed to adhere to your legs during showering. The sink was extremely small and with taps which you could hardly get your hands under. My husband found wet shaving very awkward and washing your face & teeth cleaning was particularly difficult as there was a large soap dispenser just over the sink in the perfect position for hitting your forehead when trying to bend over the sink! Also the small mirror was positioned high up so I had to stand on tiptoe (I'm average height of 5ft 6ins). The wooden shelf just under the mirror gave another opportunity to bang your head! The shower-room door was such a tight fit that brute force was required to close it. The complimentary handwash and shower/shampoo gel were housed in large plastic wall mounted dispensers and didn't lather up very well - resorted to using our own. The guest information invited you to bring up any problems and they would try to deal with it. We duly presented ourselves to make our dis-satisfaction with shower-room known and to see if it was possible to change rooms. The landlady seemed genuinely surprised and said no-one had ever complained before. Her husband suddenly appeared and was extremely defensive & aggressive - not a good attitude for running a guesthouse. Fortunately his wife managed to persuade him to leave it to her. We showed her the problem and she said there wasn't room for a larger sink & a sliding door on the cubicle. She did show us another room which had a larger sink (still a plastic curtain), but the bed was much smaller than we're used to, so decided to stay put. I'm very surprised that sub-standard shower-rooms attract a 4 star rating.
