Access Guide
Summary
- View information about opening hours.
- The most accessible entrance has a slight ramp/slope and doors permanently held open.
- This entrance is the café counter entrance, at the front of the building.
- There is step-free access once inside.
- There is a member of staff available for help and assistance.
- The following are also available: seating and a clearly signed hearing assistance system.
- At the time of our visit the hearing assistance system was working.
- This site is not part of the Sunflower Lanyard Scheme.
- Toilet and changing facilities available include: a toilet with some adaptations, a parent and baby room and step free standard toilets.
- The toilet with adaptations for disabled people surveyed can be found down the cobbled slope from the café and then left in the stable block..
- The standard toilets surveyed can be found down the cobbled slope from the café and then left in the stable block.
- The exit has step-free level access and a door permanently held open.
Equipment and Resources to Borrow
- You can borrow or hire the following equipment: manual wheelchairs and running buggies. It is highly recommended that these are booked in advance, where this is possible. Please check the National Trust website for details.
- You can borrow these from visitor reception. View more information about booking and collection of equipment.
- Powered mobility vehicles cannot be borrowed or hired.
- A visitor shuttle is available to take people from the car park to the visitor reception.
Route to (the Barn Café)
- Exit the visitor reception through the archway and turn immediately left up a steep cobbled slope.
- The route to the area is step-free via a steep ramp/slope.
- Path surfaces along the route are concrete and cobbles.
- The majority of the paths are wide enough for wheelchair users.
- There is no accessible shuttle to this area.
Picnic Area
- The following information describes the picnic area located in front of the café and toilets.
- Access into the area is via a steep ramp/slope.
- The slope is over 150cm wide, with no handrails.
- There are tables.
- No chairs have armrests on both sides.
- Adapted picnic tables are not available.
- The surface height of the lowest table is 73cm.
- The surface height of the highest table is 73cm.
- There is step-free level access around some of 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 cobbles.
Entrance (Café Counter)
- The entrance surveyed is located at the front of the building.
- There is step-free access via slope at the entrance.
- The slight slope is over 150cm wide.
- There are double manual doors which are permanently open.
- The width of the opening is 223cm.
- There is a second manual door which is permanently open.
- The width of the opening is 88cm.
- There is a small lip on the threshold of the entrance with a height of less than 1.5cm.
Entrance (Café Seating)
- The entrance surveyed is located at the front right of the building.
- There is step-free access via slope at the entrance.
- The steep slope is over 150cm wide.
- There is a single manual door which is permanently open.
- The width of the opening is 99cm.
Eating and Drinking
- This is a café which serves hot and cold meals and snacks.
- There is a counter where food and drink can be ordered.
- Staff can provide assistance and offer service to tables.
- Menu types include: written wall menus.
- Menus are easy to read (large clear font with contrasting colours).
- The following are available here: drinking straws, takeaway cups, a portable card machine for payment and large-handled mugs.
- Lighting levels are bright.
- There is no (or very little) background noise here.
- There is a clearly signed hearing assistance system.
- The hearing assistance system was tested and working at the time of the survey.
- There is a counter over 85cm high with a tray rail.
- The counter is 88cm high.
- There is not a section of the counter at a suitable height for a wheelchair user.
- There is step-free level access around the seating area.
- There are coffee tables, tables, armchairs and chairs without armrests available in the seating area.
- The seating area does not have: a priority table.
- There are some tables which are at a suitable height for a wheelchair user.
- The surface height of the tables is 76cm.
- All flooring in the area is smooth and even.
- To get to the indoor seating area you must leave the counter area via the exit and then turn left to the seating entrance.
Exit (Café Counter)
- The exit is located to the right of the counter.
- There is step-free access via slope at the exit.
- There is a single manual door which is permanently open.
- The width of the opening is 99cm.
- There is a small lip on the threshold of the exit with a height of more than 1.5cm.
- There is a slight slope over 150cm wide beyond the exit.
Toilet with Adaptations (Barn Café - Ambulant - Right Hand Transfer)
- This toilet is located down the cobbled slope from the café and then left in the stable block.
- There is step-free level access into the toilet.
- There is pictorial and written text 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 86cm.
- The door has a twist lock.
- Internally the door has a low colour contrast.
- The dimensions of the cubicle are 149cm x 168cm 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 87cm from the side of the toilet pan to the wall.
- There is a lever flush on the right 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: toilet roll holder and wash basin.
- The following fixtures cannot be reached from the toilet seat: soap dispenser and towel dispenser.
- The height of the toilet seat above floor level is 42cm.
- The height of the toilet roll holder is 96cm.
- The wash basin tap type is lever mixer.
- The height of the wash basin is 77cm.
- The height of the soap dispenser is 112cm.
- The height of the towel dispenser is 116cm.
- 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 without lid and a sanitary bin.
- The cubicle does not have a full length mirror.
- The height of the coat hook is 135cm 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 internal door, the toilet seat, the dropdown rail and all grab rails.
- Lighting levels are bright.
Standard Toilet (Barn Café)
- There is step-free level access into the toilet.
- The door is manual, opens outwards and has a low colour contrast with the surrounding walls.
- The width of the door opening is 76cm.
- Internally the door has a low colour contrast.
- The male and female standard toilets were surveyed.
- The width of the widest cubicle door opening is 54cm.
- The wash basin tap type is sensor.
- Lighting levels are bright.
- There are hand dryers.
Parent and Baby Room / Baby Feeding Room (Barn Café)
- There is step-free level access into the room.
- The door is manual, opens outwards and has a low colour contrast with the surrounding walls.
- The width of the door opening is 84cm.
- There is a small lip on the threshold of the doorway with a height of more than 1.5cm.
- The height of the baby change table is 107cm.
- There is no seating available in the room.
- Waste bins include: a nappy bin.