Access Guide
Summary
- View information about opening hours.
- The most accessible entrance has a step and a gate.
- This entrance is to the right of the house.
- There is a member of staff available for help and assistance.
- Staff/volunteers can describe the layout and access around the site.
- This site is not part of the Sunflower Lanyard Scheme.
- Toilet and changing facilities available include: a toilet with some adaptations and standard toilets.
- The toilet with adaptations for disabled people surveyed can be found to the right of the house.
- The standard toilet surveyed can be found to the right of the house.
Admissions
- At this location the following areas are free to access for National Trust members but payable for everyone else: all of the site.
- Parking is free for all visitors.
- This site offers companion or carer discounts.
- All visits must be booked in advance.
Parking
- This site has a car park.
- The vehicle route from the main road to the car park includes: uneven surfaces.
- This is an open air car park with a grass and compacted 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.
Public Transport
- There is not a bus stop within approximately 150m of the site.
- The nearest train station is Wellington.
- Wellington Station is approximately 0.5 miles away.
- For the latest travel options and information you can plan your travel using Traveline (opens new tab).
Equipment and Resources to Borrow
- Equipment cannot be borrowed or hired.
- Powered mobility vehicles cannot be borrowed or hired.
Route to (the Garden)
- Turn right past the welcome hut and follow the path ahead to the house.
Turn right at the house and the garden access point will be ahead. - The route to the area is step-free level.
- Path surfaces along the route are compact earth, gravel and paving stones.
- The majority of the paths are wide enough for wheelchair users.
- There is no accessible shuttle to this area.
Outdoor Spaces
- This information is for the access point located to the right of the house.
- There is step-free level access into the area.
- Access into the area is via a step.
- There is 1 step, which is unmarked.
- The access points to the area are located to the right of the house and around the perimeter of the house.
- There is a gate at the surveyed access point which is permanently held open.
- The width of the gap is 80cm.
- The outdoor spaces include the following surfaces: grass, block paving, gravel and compact earth.
- Footpaths are available in all of the outdoor space.
- The majority of the paths are not wide enough for wheelchair users.
- There is step-free level access around the area.
- There are not any bench seats situated along the paths for people to rest.
Toilet with Adaptations (Garden Area - Ambulant - Left Hand Transfer)
- This toilet is located to the right of the house.
- There is step-free level access into the toilet.
- There is tactile and pictorial signage on or near the door.
- The door is manual, opens outwards and has a high colour contrast with the surrounding walls.
- The width of the toilet door opening is 79cm.
- The door has a sliding bolt lock.
- The dimensions of the cubicle are 128cm x 198cm and it does not have a 150cm x 150cm turning space.
- There is a lateral transfer space to the left of the seat.
- The lateral transfer space is 87cm from the side of the toilet pan to the wall.
- There is a lever flush on the non transfer side.
- The following grab rails are available: a horizontal grab rail on the non transfer side.
- There is a dropdown rail on the transfer side.
- The following fixtures can be reached from the toilet seat: toilet roll holder and wash basin.
- The following fixtures cannot be reached from the toilet seat: soap dispenser and hand dryer.
- The height of the toilet seat above floor level is 43cm.
- The height of the toilet roll holder is 89cm.
- The wash basin tap type is lever mixer.
- The height of the wash basin is 83cm.
- The height of the soap dispenser is 92cm.
- The height of the hand dryer is 97cm.
- The height of the baby change is 93cm.
- There is a pull cord emergency alarm at a recommended height (within 10cm from the floor).
- There is not a shelf.
- The cubicle has: a waste bin with lid, a nappy/incontinence items bin and a sanitary bin.
- The cubicle does not have a full length mirror.
- The height of the coat hook is 165cm from the floor.
- The following have a high colour contrast with their surroundings: the internal door and the floor.
- The following have a less clear colour contrast with their surroundings: the toilet seat, the dropdown rail and all grab rails.
- Lighting levels are low.
Standard Toilet (Garden Area)
- There is step-free level access into the toilet.
- The door is manual, opens outwards and has a high colour contrast with the surrounding walls.
- The width of the door opening is 70cm.
- Internally the door has a high colour contrast.
- The male standard toilet was surveyed.
- There is also a female toilet in the same location.
- The wash basin tap type is lever mixer.
- Lighting levels are moderate to good.
- There are hand dryers.