When booking my stay at Britannia, I made the decision to do so judging by the photo displayed on the Britannia website thinking it looked ok. But on my day of arrival and as my cab was approaching the hotel my heart sank when I looked up and saw just how filthy dirty the outside of the Britannia looked, I couldn't believe what I was seeing. I don't know when this hotel opened, but I would guess that the outside of the Britannia has never been cleaned since it's opening day which I would think could possibly be late 70's / early 80's, that's a long time without a scrub. Having said that, my room was a decent size, it appeared to be clean enough, but I couldn't help but feel unclean whilst staying there because of how the outside of the Britannia looked. This hotel is really old, as were the fixtures and fittings in my room. No mixture taps in the bathroom because they wouldn't have been invented when this hotel opened, but it left using the hot water tap impossible because it was so boiling hot, and you would have to turn the cold tap so many times before the water would start to run. I honestly considered moving to another hotel, but the only reason I stayed was because the staff were nice and very friendly, plus I got so caught up in the history of Coventry and it's ancient buildings that it took my mind off the Britannia. I really did enjoy Coventry itself, but if I were ever to return I would not be staying at the Britannia. This place need a huge injection of money.