I believe it had just reopened after being closed for a whilst for refurbishment. Having not seen the before i cannot comment on the works undertaken. However the place i visited was super, friendly staff (dont think they had been refurbished), great room and very comfy. The rooms are in the adjoining property, so isolated for the jovial atmosphere in the restaurant. And it was jovial and busy (on a Wednesday evening) and again the staff were brill. The food was some of the best ive had in ages, accompanied by two glasses of very reasonably priced glasses on champagne.
My room faced the road, which was busy early evening was very quite come bedtime.
Perfect breakfast including the poached egg (inside joke). The only complaint was that i was only there for one night