..........Update from last answer, the hotel has finally been closed down by the administrators and not taking bookings. In the meantime a new buyer is being sought. One potential buyer has proposed to honour all wedding bookings, but will not honour the rooms booked for guests. I've no doubt the hotel will be bought, but it'll take a brave soul to try it under new ownership.

I don't know if it has closed. But we had an appalling experience in August 2019. No liquor Licence. Food/breakfast grim. Bride and Groom brawling in bar. I could go on

This hotel is not as it was in 1969 . It’s had the life sucked out of it by best western. Then sold on in the last year. It makes money by holding proms hence chairs in the lake and crowd control barriers laying around the front of hotel. Not even put away between events. There were bottles laying around the gardens glasses and rubbish. The place is a tip. The grounds are a disgrace. The beds a stained old and worn out. Room furnishings, old faded tiered and broken. The food served st breakfast was shocking. Tea kept hot in flask . This is not a cheap night away. Shut it down

It's free to use if you're a guest.

Yes I would think so, the dining room was on the ground floor near reception.