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Access for All

The four cottages are:

  • The Stable, a studio apartment for two
  • Hayloft, a first floor apartment for four
  • PearTree Cottage, a luxury cottage for two
  • Orchard Cottage, a cottage for four, with a large seating and dining area, to enable its use as a meeting area for larger parties.

Each cottage has a comfortable fold out sofa bed. This provides additional sleeping accommodation for each unit.

All living area floors are oak; bathrooms have non-slip limestone tiles, except for The Stable, which is non-slip vinyl.

Duvets and pillows are feather and down; non-allergenic available on request.

All bedrooms have a television in addition to one in the sitting room

The Laundry Room adjacent to Hayloft entrance houses a further washing machine and tumble dryer for the use of guests.

Generally no dogs or pets, with the exception of assistance dogs. I only needed to make my borders equals 

Arrival

Car parking

The Stable has a marked disabled space on tarmac gravel adjacent to the paved path leading to the entrance door to the Stable. There are designated parking spaces for all the other cottages on firm reinforced gravel, close to the front doors.

All units (except Hayloft which is on the first floor) have level access from this paving, with mobility thresholds in the doorways.

To collect the keys, please contact the owners of the farmhouse by ringing the doorbell on the opposite side of the courtyard or by phone 01635 201276 or 07801 141732.

The Stable

  • Accessibility to M3 standard.
  • Level access through 81cm wide stable door to studio apartment with oak floor and no rugs.
  • Kitchen designed for independent wheelchair use. Worktops 85cm high with clear space under sink and hob. Side-opening combi-microwave oven and fridge-freezer with accessible shelves. Table for two/three.
  • Sleeping area with 6’ double/twin bed and single sofa bed allow various combinations. Transfer area next to bed is 150cm minimum. There is sufficient clearance height under the bed to allow for a hoist.
  • Level access through 81cm wide door from sleeping area to large wet room with shower, WC, smaller wash hand basin and separate larger washing basin. Grab rails and unfixed shower chair provided. Vinyl non-slip safety flooring.
  • A vibrating alarm pad and alarm bell are available on request. Food and water bowls can be provided for assistance dogs.

Hayloft

  • Access over 10cm threshold through 81cm door to lobby area with coat rack and washing machine.
  • Staircase to open-plan apartment is 13 steps, 1m wide, half turn with winders, 20cm risers, opening into kitchen/dining area. Standard 900cm granite worktop and units and table for four.
  • From kitchen one 20cm step up to sitting room with sloping ceiling on far wall. Passage with sloping ceiling off sitting room leads to two ensuite bedrooms with 74cm doorways.
  • 1st Bedroom – 6’ double/twin bed. Ensuite bathroom with shower.
  • 2nd Bedroom – 6’ double/twin bed. Ensuite bathroom with bath.

Pear Tree Cottage

  • Level access through 86cm doorway into open plan hall and kitchen diner. WC under the stairs with 66cm doorway. Standard height worktops and units.
  • Kitchen table for up to 4 people.
  • French doors, 106cm wide, from kitchen to outside paved area and garden.
  • 81cm door from hall into sitting room. 13 stairs 80cm wide, with 20cm risers, half turn with winders, banisters on right hand side, opening onto landing with clothes storage cupboard.
  • On left, 74cm door to bedroom with 5’ bed between posts 250cm apart, leaving 50cm either side of bed.
  • Level access through 74cm doorway, to oak-floored open area in bathroom, with walk-in shower with fixed screen. 14cm step up to raised tiled area with whirlpool bath and WC and wash hand basin.

Orchard Cottage

  • Access up a paved slope 320 long, 180 wide with rise of 16cm. Square 180 x 180cm level area in front of door, behind low wall.
  • Doorway 86cm wide over mobility threshold into open-plan kitchen to left and living area to right. On immediate right is utility, with washing machine, WC, walk-in shower with fixed screen through 88cm doorway.
  • In kitchen area 106cm French doors lead to paved area and garden with seating.
  • At end of sitting room 166cm French doors open onto large patio with garden furniture.  Two separate staircases, with 74cm wide doors at the bottom, lead to two separate ensuite double bedrooms with a linking fire escape hatch 74 x 74cm for emergency use.
  • Staircases have 13 steps, half turn with winders, 74cm wide, with 20cm risers, opening into double bedrooms with ensuite baths. The stairs on the right to first bedroom have banisters on the right. The stairs on the left to second bedroom have banisters on the left.
  • Bedrooms One and Two both have 6’ beds, which can be arranged as double or twin. The bathrooms are both accessed by 74cm doorway. There is built-in clothes storage in the bedrooms.

Each cottage has a designated seating area facing the garden.  Pear Tree and Orchard cottages have direct access to the garden from inside their cottages.  The Stable and Hayloft have access through a passage 115cm wide with a 90cm doorway at the garden end.  There is an outside tap for cleaning dirty cycling kit etc. close this doorway.