Access Guide
Summary
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- The most accessible entrance has a step, a slight ramp/slope (which bypasses any steps) and manual doors.
- This entrance is at the rear of the building.
- There are 2 floors once inside.
- Other floors can be accessed via: stairs.
- There is step-free access to the ground floor only once inside.
- There is restricted room to manoeuvre at this property.
- There is a member of staff available for help and assistance.
- The following are also available: seating.
- This site is not part of the Sunflower Lanyard Scheme.
- Toilet and changing facilities available include: a toilet with some adaptations and a step free standard toilet.
- The toilet with adaptations for disabled people surveyed can be found to the left after you enter the building.
- This toilet with adaptations for disabled people is approximately 6m from the entrance.
- The standard toilet surveyed can be found to the left after you enter the building.
Admissions
- At this location the following areas require payment from everyone (including National Trust members): access to the studio.
- Parking is free for all visitors.
- This site does not offer companion or carer discounts.
Public Transport
- There is not a bus stop within approximately 150m of the site.
- The nearest train station is Gunton or North Walsham.
- Gunton or North Walsham stations are approximately 11.3 miles away.
- For the latest travel options and information you can plan your travel using Traveline (opens new tab).
Parking
- This building has a car park.
- The vehicle route from the main road to the car park includes: uneven surfaces and potholes.
- This is an open air car park with a gravel surface.
- Parking is free for all users.
- Maps and information boards are not available.
- There are no Blue Badge parking bays available.
- Obstacles from the car park include: uneven surfaces and a lack of pedestrian walkways to cross the car park.
- There are not parent and child parking bays available.
- There is not a designated drop-off point.
Entrance (Main)
- The entrance surveyed is located at the rear of the building.
- There is step-free access via ramp at the entrance.
- The slight ramp is between 75cm and 150cm wide, with no handrails.
- The ramp overcomes the step.
- There is 1 step, which is unmarkedno handrails.
- The step is not at the recommended height (between 15cm - 18cm).
- This entrance has an intercom.
- Features not positioned at a suitable height for a wheelchair user include: the intercom.
- There are double manual doors (with one door locked) which open away from you.
- The width of the opening is 69cm.
- There is a small lip on the threshold of the entrance with a height of less than 1.5cm.
- The locked door can be unlocked to provide wider access.
Equipment and Resources to Borrow
- Equipment cannot be borrowed or hired.
- Powered mobility vehicles cannot be borrowed or hired.
Tour
- The tour is guided.
- The tour takes approximately 90 minutes.
- There is stepped access along the tour route.
- The majority of walkway widths are between 120cm and 180cm.
- The tour can be adapted to avoid inaccessible areas.
- Areas with stepped access only can be experienced by visitors via a photo album.
- There may be background noise along the tour route.
- Tour information includes the following formats: information booklets.
- The tour does not have a hearing assistance system.
- There are no seats at regular intervals along the tour.
- There are folding seats/stools available to take around the tour.
- All flooring along the tour route is smooth and even.
- Some of the flooring has a very shiny finish, which could cause issues with glare or look slippery to some people.
- Lighting levels are moderate to good throughout the tour route.
Stairs
- The floors which are accessible by stairs are G, 1.
- There are 15 steps between floors.
- The steps are clearly marked with handrails on both sides.
- The highest step is 17cm high.
- The stairs are open.
- Lighting levels are moderate to good.
Toilet with Adaptations (Ambulant - Right Hand Transfer)
- This toilet is located to the left after you enter the building.
- There is step-free level access into the toilet.
- This toilet is approximately 6m from the entrance.
- There is pictorial signage on or near the door.
- The door is manual, opens outwards and has a low colour contrast with the surrounding walls.
- The width of the toilet door opening is 80cm.
- The door has a lever twist lock.
- The dimensions of the cubicle are 149cm x 190cm and it does not have a 150cm x 150cm turning space.
- There is a lateral transfer space to the right of the seat but it is obstructed.
- The lateral transfer space is 86cm from the side of the toilet pan to the wall.
- There is a push button flush on the transfer side.
- The following grab rails are available: a horizontal grab rail on the door, a horizontal grab rail on the non transfer side, a vertical grab rail on the transfer side and a vertical rail on the right side of the wash basin.
- There is a dropdown rail on the transfer side.
- The following fixtures can be reached from the toilet seat: wash basin.
- The height of the toilet seat above floor level is 45cm.
- The height of the toilet roll holder is 89cm.
- The wash basin tap type is lever mixer.
- The height of the wash basin is 73cm.
- There is no emergency alarm.
- There is not a shelf.
- The cubicle has: a waste bin without lid, a sanitary bin and a wheel in shower.
- The cubicle does not have a full length mirror.
- The height of the coat hook is 168cm from the floor.
- The following have a high colour contrast with their surroundings: the floor.
- The following have a less clear colour contrast with their surroundings: the toilet seat, all grab rails and the dropdown rail.
- Lighting levels are low.
- The pictorial signage is on a door (88cm wide) that leads to the toilet area.
Standard Toilet
- There is step-free level access into the toilet.
- The door is manual, opens inwards and has a low colour contrast with the surrounding walls.
- The width of the door opening is 71cm.
- Internally the door has a low colour contrast.
- The shared standard toilet was surveyed.
- The wash basin tap type is twist/turn.
- Lighting levels are moderate to good.
- There are no hand dryers.
Picnic Area
- The following information describes the picnic area located in front of the studio.
- There is step-free level access into the area.
- There are bench seats and picnic tables.
- No chairs have armrests on both sides.
- Adapted picnic tables are not available.
- The standard height for the underside of picnic tables is 68cm.
- The following furniture is permanently fixed: some of the chairs and all of the tables.
- There is step-free level access around the area.
- The surface in the picnic area is not smooth and even.
- Where the flooring is not smooth or even, this is due to gravel.