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Access
Statement for Tan-y-Foel Guest House
Ordinance grid reference:
Easting 281200. Northing 356600.
Tan-y-Foel is a part 17th century Welsh stone
country house set in a rural location within the Snowdonia
National Park.
It is accessed via a half mile tarmacadam
drive which has several deep rain gullies, we advise a cautionary
drive over them.
Ample car parking to the rear and surrounding
areas are in tarmacadam with adequate dusk till dawn lighting
and sensor lighting to car park and around.
The family owners are happy to provide assistance
for wheelchair users and persons with limited mobility,
a porterage service is available for luggage.
Service dogs are welcome. Dietry requirements
for allergies can be catered for with prior notice.
Public transport is limited, nearest main
line station is at Llandudno Junction which is 17 miles
away.
Access to Main House
The house is accessed by four slate steps,
each 150mm height, with iron rail to one side to outer porch.
The main inner vestibule door has a security coded door
latch set at 1270mm in height with a D handle door.
The ground floor of the main building includes
the lounge, breakfast room, dining room, ladies and gents
toilets which are not adapted for wheelchair users. There
is also a limited access door height of 1560mm to the toilets.
Low pile carpet is provided in the lounge area, all other
surfaces on the ground floor are hard surface.
Access to bedrooms is via a stairway of 15
standard height steps with handrail to one side and solid
wall to the other side. All public areas have adequate emergency
lighting and break glass fire alarm points also appropriate
fire extinguishers along with fire equipment signs, are
all in place. Emergency way guidance signs are also fixed
in the requisite public areas and passage ways.
Bedrooms
No lifts are provided.
Three double bedrooms in the main house all
with full ensuite - bath/shower, wc and wash hand basin,
TV/DVD/CD players with remote hand sets, clock radios, direct
dial telephone, written emergency call instructions, toiletries,
bath robes and beverage trays. There are no grab rails in
any bedrooms.
One bedroom is accessed via 4 standard height
steps it is intended to install a handrail to this room
to improve accessibility, another room has a raised bath
660mm in height, a small step has been provided to aid assistance
to enter bath and a hand rail has been fitted.
Low pile carpet to bedrooms, hard surface
areas to bathrooms.
Two external bedrooms with full ensuite -
bath/shower, wc and wash hand basin are accessed to the
side and rear of main house, one is a ground floor room,
30 meters distance from main front entrance. Door opening
to room is 900mm accessed by step 130mm in height, small
vestibule 1240mm x 1240mm, not suitable for a wheelchair
to turn. This room affords seperate shower, step up 190mm,
shower opening is 600mm, height of shower is 1860mm, boxed
bath edges are 230mm into bath, which could be difficult
for persons with limited mobility. Russian oak flooring
with bedside rugs to bedroom and hard surface area to bathroom.
The other room is accessed via 10 stone steps
each 22mm in height with wooden handrails to both sides.
Low door entrance 1210mm, we would not recommend this room
for persons with limited mobility or for a wheelchair user.
This room is at present being refurbished and the exact
facilities of this room will be published when it is completed.
All five bedrooms have smoke/heat detectors
and audible fire alarm warnings they also have fitted zone
fire indicators. Requisite bilingual evacuation fire exit
signs are fixed to all bedroom doors.
We provide each bed with linen sheets, duck
down duvets and two pillows per person.
Blankets and any feather allergies can be
catered for upon request.
Any additional information required can be
sourced direct with the owners Mr P.K. & Mrs J.C. Pitman
and daughter Mrs K. Jeeves who are happy to assit and help
personally with your enquiry.
Signed: Mr P.K. & Mrs J.C. Pitman, Mrs
K. Jeeves
Dated: 24/02/08
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