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Summary

• View information about opening hours.
• Amenities in this property include: a reception, exhibition rooms, a museum, formal gardens, a garden, gardens, a tea room and historic interiors.
• The most accessible entrance has steps, a slight ramp/slope (which bypasses any steps), a door permanently held open and a gate.
• 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 headroom and restricted room to manoeuvre at this property.
• There are members of staff available for help and assistance.
• Staff/volunteers can describe the layout and access around the site.
• The following are also available: seating, Braille information, a companion/carer discount, facilities for assistance dogs and an information board in the car park.
• This site is not part of the Sunflower Lanyard Scheme.
• Toilet and changing facilities available include: ambulant cubicles, a toilet designated as gender neutral and standard toilets.
• The standard toilets surveyed can be found in the toilet block, next to the tea room.

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Admissions

• At this location the following are free to access for all visitors: none.
• At this location the following areas are free to access for National Trust members but payable for everyone else: all areas.
• This site offers companion or carer discounts.
• Events at the Barn Theatre may be chargeable for all visitors.

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Public Transport

• There is not a bus stop within approximately 150m of the property.
• There is a bus stop outside St John the Baptist Church, approximately 200m to the north of the property main entrance, on Small Hythe Road. Buses stop on both sides of the road, and provide a direct service to Tenterden and Rye.
• The nearest train station is Appledore.
• The station is approximately 8.5 miles away.
  There is no regular bus service from the train station to the property.
• For the latest travel options and information you can plan your travel using Traveline (opens new tab).

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Parking

• This property does not have a car park.
• Nearby parking includes: standard on-street parking and an open air public car park.
• People may be dropped off directly in front of the house if required.

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Route to (House - From Lay-By Parking)

• From the lay-by, head north along Peening Quarter Road and Small Hythe Road.
  The entrance to the house and gate to access the garden is on the right.
• The route to the area is step-free via a slight ramp/slope.
• Path surfaces along the route are tarmac, gravel and bonded gravel.
• The majority of the paths are not wide enough for wheelchair users.

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Route to (House - From Church Car Park)

• Follow the path through the orchard and down past the pond for 200m.
  Turn right along the side of the house and then turn left to reach the entrance at the front of the house.
• The route to the area is step-free via a slight ramp/slope.
• Path surfaces along the route are compact earth, gravel, muddy, cobbles, paving stones and bonded gravel.
• The majority of the paths are not wide enough for wheelchair users.

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Equipment and Resources to Borrow

• You can borrow or hire the following equipment: a manual wheelchair. 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 reception. View more information about booking and collection of equipment.
• Powered mobility vehicles cannot be borrowed or hired.

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Entrance

• The entrance surveyed is located at the front of the house, off Small Hythe Road.
• There is step-free access via ramp at the entrance.
• The slight slope is between 75cm and 150cm wide, with no handrails.
• There are 2 steps, which are unmarked, with no handrails.
• All of the steps are not at the recommended height (between 15cm - 18cm).
• There is a single manual gate which opens towards you.
• The width of the opening is 110cm.
• There is a second manual door which is permanently open.
• The width of the opening is 91cm.
• The steps in front of the door can be bypassed by a steep portable ramp, which is under 75cm wide.

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Visitor Reception

• Access into the area is via a step and a slight ramp/slope.
• The portable ramp is under 75cm wide, with no handrails.
• Please contact a member of staff for use of the portable ramp.
• There is 1 step, which is unmarked, with no handrails.
• The door is manual, permanently held open and has a high colour contrast with the surrounding walls.
• The width of the door opening is 91cm.
• Internally the door has a high colour contrast.
• There is step-free level access around the area.
• The majority of aisle widths are under 150cm.
• There is room for wheelchair users to manoeuvre (150cm x 150cm) within the majority of the area.
• The flooring is not smooth and even.
• Where the flooring is not smooth or even, this is due to uneven paving/tiles.
• Some of the flooring has a very shiny finish, which could cause issues with glare or look slippery to some people.
• There is step-free level access to the counter.
• The height of the counter is 91cm.
• There is a low level section at a suitable height for a wheelchair user.
• The counter does not have a hearing assistance system.
• There are tables and bench seats available in the visitor reception.
• Services/facilities available include: a portable card machine for payment and a member of staff to provide assistance.
• There may be background noise here.
• Lighting levels are moderate to good.
• The exit door is manual, permanently held open and has a high colour contrast with the surrounding walls.
• The width of the exit door opening is 75cm.
• There is no shop at the property, but a small selection of postcards are available to purchase in this area.

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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.
• There are doorways or openings used on the tour which are under 75cm wide.
• The majority of walkway widths are under 120cm.
• The tour can be adapted to avoid inaccessible areas.
• Areas with stepped access only can be experienced by visitors via an information booklet.
• There may be background noise along the tour route.
• Tour information includes the following formats: information booklets, Braille, pictorial and information board.
• The tour does not have a hearing assistance system.
• There are bench seats and a mixture of chairs with and without armrests at regular intervals along the tour.
• The following furniture is permanently fixed: some of the chairs and some of the tables.
• Flooring along the tour route is not smooth and even.
• Where the flooring is not smooth or even, this is due to uneven paving/tiles and uneven floorboards.
• Some of the flooring has a very shiny finish, which could cause issues with glare or look slippery to some people.
• Lighting levels are low along parts of the tour route.
• The first floor is only accessible via stairs.
  A portable ramp (under 75cm wide) can be used to overcome the steps on the thresholds of the doors on the ground floor.
  In all places, this would have a slight gradient.

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Stairs (1)

• The floors which are accessible by stairs are the ground and first floor.
• There are 12 steps between floors.
• The steps are not clearly marked with handrails on both sides.
• The highest step is 22cm high.
• Lighting levels are moderate to good.

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Stairs (2)

• The floors which are accessible by stairs are the ground and first floor.
• There are 16 steps between floors.
• The steps are not clearly marked with a handrail that switches sides.
• The highest step is 18cm high.
• The stairs are open.
• This is a spiral staircase and will be narrower in some areas.
• Lighting levels are moderate to good.

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Outdoor Spaces

• There is step-free level access into the area.
• The access points to the area are located to the rear of the St John the Baptist churchyard if entering via the church car park, and in front of the house on Small Hythe Road, via the gate if parking in the lay-by.
• There is a gate at the surveyed access point which opens away from you (push).
• The gate is not self-closing.
• The gate has a latch lock.
• The width of the gap is 125cm.
• The following outdoor facilities are available: formal gardens and gardens.
• The outdoor spaces include the following surfaces: cobbled, loose chippings, grass, block paving, gravel, bonded gravel, compact earth and uncompacted earth.
• Footpaths are available in some of the outdoor spaces.
• The majority of the paths are not wide enough for wheelchair users.
• There is step-free level access around some of the area.
• There are slight ramps/slopes without handrails, steep ramps/slopes without handrails and less than 3 steps without handrails in the main areas.
• There is 1 step up into the rose garden.
  There is a slight, grassy slope with no handrails leading from the house down to the tea room, toilets and barn theatre.
  There is a slight grassy slope leading up to the orchard, rose walk, croquet lawn and nuttery from the rear of the house, to the west of the pond.
  There is a steep, grassy slope leading up to the nuttery from the rear of house, to the east of the pond (alternative route).
• There are some bench seats situated along the paths for people to rest.
• The paths have gates which may create obstacles for some users.
• There is a gate to access the rose garden, which is permanently held open and 97cm wide.

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Picnic Area

• The following information describes the picnic area located just outside the tea room.
• 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 71cm.
• The following furniture is permanently fixed: all 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 grass.