Access Guide
Summary
- View information about opening hours.
- The most accessible entrance has step-free level access and a manual door.
- This entrance is at the rear of the house.
- 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 a member of staff available for help and assistance.
- Staff/volunteers can describe the layout and access around the site.
- The following are also available: seating.
- This site is not part of the Sunflower Lanyard Scheme.
- Toilet and changing facilities available include: step free standard toilets and a toilet with some adaptations.
- The toilet with adaptations for disabled people surveyed can be found outside to the rear of the house..
- The standard toilets surveyed can be found outside to the rear of the house.
- There is a separate exit.
- The exit has step-free level access and a manual door.
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 House)
- Exit the visitor reception through the archway into the cobbled courtyard.
Continue past the toilets and the shops and follow the gravel path down a slope to the rear of the house.
The accessible entrance is at the rear of the house.
For the main entrance, follow the path around to the front of the house. - The route to the area is step-free via a slight ramp/slope.
- Path surfaces along the route are gravel and cobbles.
- The majority of the paths are wide enough for wheelchair users.
- There is no accessible shuttle to this area.
Entrance (Accessible)
- The entrance surveyed is located at the rear of the house.
- There is step-free level access at the entrance.
- There is a single manual door which opens away from you.
- The width of the opening is 79cm.
- There is a small lip on the threshold of the entrance with a height of less than 1.5cm.
- This is also the exit for the house.
Entrance (Main)
- The entrance surveyed is located at the front of the house.
- There is stepped access at the entrance.
- There are 3 steps, which are unmarked, with no handrails.
- Some of the steps are not at the recommended height (between 15cm - 18cm).
- There is a single manual door which opens 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 more than 1.5cm.
Tour
- The tour is self-guided but volunteers/staff are available to provide additional information.
- The tour takes approximately 1 hour.
- 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 an information booklet.
- There is background noise which varies, depending on the time of day.
- Tour information includes the following formats: information booklets and Braille.
- Floor plans/maps are available for the tour route.
- The tour does not have a hearing assistance system.
- There are a mixture of chairs with and without armrests at regular intervals along the tour.
- Some flooring along the tour route is smooth and even.
- Where the flooring is not smooth or even, this is due to carpet.
- Some of the flooring includes large repeating patterns in bold colours, which may look like steps or holes to some people.
- Lighting levels are low along parts of the tour route.
Stairs
- The floors which are accessible by stairs are G, 1.
- There are more than 20 steps between floors.
- The steps are not clearly marked with a handrail on the left going up.
- The highest step is 15cm high.
- Lighting levels are moderate to good.
Exit
- The exit is located at the rear of the house.
- There is step-free level access at the exit.
- There is a single manual door which opens towards you.
- The width of the opening is 79cm.
- There is a small lip on the threshold of the exit with a height of less than 1.5cm.
Toilet with Adaptations (House - Ambulant - Right Hand Transfer)
- This toilet is located outside, to the rear of the house.
- Access into the toilet is via a slight ramp/slope.
- The slope is over 150cm wide, with no handrails.
- 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 85cm.
- The door has a lever twist lock.
- The dimensions of the cubicle are 145cm x 221cm 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 74cm 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 vertical grab rails on both sides 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, wash basin and soap dispenser.
- The following fixtures cannot be reached from the toilet seat: towel dispenser.
- The height of the toilet seat above floor level is 45cm.
- The height of the toilet roll holder is 97cm.
- The wash basin tap type is sensor.
- The height of the wash basin is 68cm.
- The height of the soap dispenser is 106cm.
- The height of the towel dispenser is 105cm.
- The height of the baby change is 92cm.
- 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, a nappy/incontinence items bin and a sanitary bin.
- The cubicle does not have a full length mirror and coat hooks.
- The following have a high colour contrast with their surroundings: some grab rails.
- The following have a less clear colour contrast with their surroundings: the dropdown rail, the toilet seat, the floor, some grab rails and the internal door.
- Lighting levels are moderate to good.
Standard Toilet (House - Female)
- 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 76cm.
- Internally the door has a low colour contrast.
- The width of the widest cubicle door opening is 67cm.
- The wash basin tap type is sensor.
- Lighting levels are low.
- There are no hand dryers.
Standard Toilet (House - Male)
- Access into the toilet is via a step.
- There is 1 step, which is unmarked.
- The door is manual, opens inwards 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 width of the widest cubicle door opening is 67cm.
- The wash basin tap type is lever.
- Lighting levels are low.
- There are no hand dryers.
- There is a wash basin inside the cubicle with a sensor tap.