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5 – ‘Easy Access’, ‘Family Accessible’ and ‘Allergy Friendly’ Bedrooms
5a – Room 1 – ‘Easy Access’ and Room 3 – ‘Family Accessible’ Bedrooms
All items as listed under Guest Bedrooms apply to these rooms.
The key features that may be relevant to wheelchair users and therefore relevant to these rooms have been listed in a comparison table below:
| Room 1 – Easy Access | Room 3 – Family Accessible | |
| EXTERNAL FEATURES | ||
| Parking bays available for those requiring additional side and rear access space to their vehicle.
Bay 1 – ‘Blue Badge’ parking bay within 5.5 x 5.5 metre space allowing transfer to either side, rear or side ramped vehicles. Bay 2 – Parking bay with extra 3.5 metre side and 3 metre rear transfer space Bay 3 – Parking bay with extra 3.5 metre side transfer space |
Yes
Can be reserved at time of booking. |
Yes
Can be reserved at time of booking. |
| On-street parking – allowing those towing mobility scooters on trailers to avoid any need for reversing. E.g. The Tramper.co.uk | Yes
Ask about availability |
Yes
Ask about availability |
| Position in Guest House – beside lift | Ground floor | First floor |
| Lift –
Self operated platform lift, fully enclosed and with full height glass door. 90cm door wide and 142 cm deep. |
Not required | Yes |
| Turning circle maximum – ground floor –
In hall between lift and Reception Office |
190 cm | 190 cm |
| Turning circle maximum – first floor –
In upstairs corridor between lift and Room 3 |
Not required | 175 cm |
| BEDROOM | ||
| Size of bedroom | 253 cm wide by 452 deep in main area | 563 cm wide at widest end by
612 cm deep |
| Turning Circle maximum | 142 cm | 220 cm |
| Requiring confidence of walls within easy reach of your person within all parts of the room | Ideal if you prefer to have walls close to hand | Further distances to travel around large room and large en-suite lacks grab rails on all walls |
| Bedroom door width | 76cm | 81 cm |
| Bedside cabinets | 40cm wide by 48cm deep to wall | 40cm wide by 48cm deep to wall |
| Width restriction to wardrobe | 116 cm – both doors hinged on side away from user. | Not applicable |
| Walls – dark cream matt paint | Yes | Yes |
| Ceiling – white matt paint | Yes | Yes |
| Flooring – dark red carpet | Yes | Yes |
| Light switch and electric socket heights | All between 80 and 115 cm | All between 80 and 115 cm |
| Desk table mirror height from floor | 85 to145 cm | 96 to 156 cm |
| Desk table | 74 cm clearance below. 80 cm wide and 37 cm deep to wall | 69 cm clearance below. 80 cm wide and 60 cm deep to wall |
| Red pull cord – for emergency assistance | Between single bed and bedside cabinet nearest to en-suite | Between king sized double bed and bedside cabinet nearest to en-suite |
| Red pull cord – sounder
|
In hallway, above Room 1 door | In upstairs corridor above Room 3 door, also in Reception Office |
| Red pull cord – cancel and re-set button | Inside bedroom next to door at 180 cm height | Inside bedroom next to door at 180 cm height; also in Reception Office |
| Light switches and double electric socket reachable whilst lying in bed. | Above each bedside cabinet at 115 cm height | Above each bedside cabinet at 115 cm height |
| Electric reclining single bed | One | One |
| Radio and alarm clock on bedside cabinet | Yes next to single bed nearest to en-suite (but can be re-positioned upon request) | Yes next to king sized double bed nearest to en-suite (but can be re-positioned upon request) |
| Access into en-suite from largest turning circle area, through manually opened and closed door into en-site shower room. | Go into corridor of 86 cm width. Open door away from you and turn left through 90cm doorway into en-suite. | From room, open door towards you and pass straight through 90cm doorway into en-suite. |
| Wardrobe with clothes hangers, iron and ironing board. | Yes | Yes |
| Trouser Press – 30 minute heat cycle | Kept in lounge for safety reasons | Kept in lounge for safety reasons |
| Hair dryer – kept in wardrobe | Yes | Yes |
| Security Safe – operated by push button code – located inside wardrobe | Yes | Yes |
| Floor to head height mirror | Wall facing you along corridor towards bedroom door | Wardrobe doors facing you when approaching bedroom door |
| WET ROOM | ||
| Size of wet room | 224 cm wide by 140 cm deep with window behind toilet | 257 cm wide by 218 cm deep with no window |
| Turning circle – maximum | 115 cm | 175 cm |
| Width restriction on approach to wash hand basin, but which rarely effects usable access to the basin for a wheelchair user with chair legs removed. | 54cm between toilet and heating radiator. | None |
| Flooring – light blue stippled non-slip | Yes | Yes |
| Walls – white gloss tiles with blue tile horizontal décor line | Yes | Yes |
| Ceiling – white matt paint | Yes | Yes |
| Red pull cord – for emergency assistance | Between toilet and wall / wash hand basin | Between toilet and shower seat |
| Red pull cord – sounder
|
In hallway, above Room 1 door | In Room 3 above door to en-suite, also in Reception Office |
| Red pull cord – cancel and re-set button | Inside bedroom next to door at 180 cm height | Beside toilet roll holder at 80 cm height, also in Reception Office |
| En-suite lighting – external wall switch | Yes | Yes |
| Shower heads – both with fixed unit and flexible hose unit | 216 cm height of fixed head | 200 cm height of fixed head |
| Door opening width | 90 cm | 90 cm |
| Door closing mechanism | Manual with internal grab rail | Manual with internal grab rail |
| Mirror height from floor – above wash hand basin | 87 to 157 cm | 80 to 150 cm |
| Light above wash hand basin | 188 cm press | 163 cm press |
| Shower curtain – height off floor | 28cm | 8 cm |
| Shower seat – wall mounted fold down | Right side transfer | Left side transfer |
| Toilet seat – transfer side | Left | Right |
| Toilet seat to wash hand basin – distance from front centre to front centre | 39 cm between centres | 50 to 60 cm between centres (basin can be raised / lowered) |
| Basin taps | Mixer tap – temperature limited to avoid scalding | Hot and cold lever taps |
| Grab handles to Part M layout | Yes | Yes |
| Grab handles | Dark blue | Dark navy |
| Shaver socket height | 134 cm | 102 cm |
| Pump dispensers for shower gel, shampoo, hair conditioner, soap and hand lotion – all with vertical push down buttons | Yes | Yes |
| Options – by request | ||
| Bed-leg wooden blocks to raise height of single beds by stages | Yes | Yes |
| Additional electric radiator(s) | Yes | Yes |
| Storage of suitcase and luggage bags outside of room to create greater space | Yes | Not usually required |
| Request luggage stand removal for greater space | Yes | Not usually required |
| Request seating removed for greater space | Yes | Not usually required |
| Shower wheelchair – kept on site | Yes | Yes |
| Plastic garden chair – kept on site | Yes | Yes |
| Possible hire of hoist, mobility scooter, etc (dependent upon stocks at time of request) – Supplier is DCS Joncare, Mobility Matters Abingdon- 0800 542 0565 or 01235 523353 | Yes – by advance request | Yes – by advance request |
| Wheelchair hire – Supplier is Ability Matters Oxford- 01865 242500 | Yes – by advance request | Yes – by advance request |
5b – Room 6 – ‘Allergy Friendly’ Bedroom
All items listed under Guest bedrooms apply to this room excepting: –
- The room has hardwood flooring instead of carpet
- Fittings and furnishings are fully washable
Proprietor: Mrs Terry Boswell
Abbey Guest House,
136 Oxford Road,
Abingdon-on-Thames,
Oxfordshire,
OX14 2AG
Tel/Ansaphone: +44(0)1235 537020
Mobile: +44(0)7976 627252
Email: info@abbeyguest.uk
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