Access Statement for Sansons Cottage, Chipping Campden

Introduction

Sansons Cottage is a Grade 2 Listed cottage less than a five minute walk from the centre of Chipping Campden. It has two bedrooms, one of which is en suite, and one family bathroom. If you have any specific questions, please feel free to contact us on the contact details below

 
Pre-Arrival

•  All enquiries / bookings are handled by Campden Cottages.  They have an extensive web site www.campdencottages.co.uk which includes much useful local information as well as a page for Sansons Cottage showing photos and a full description of the property.
• Bookings / enquiries can be made via email, fax or phone
• Once the final payment is made, directions are sent to you which include the postcode
• There are several bus services in the village going to Cheltenham, Stratford, Oxford, Bourton-on-the-Water and Moreton-in-Marsh.
• The rail station is 15 minutes drive away in Moreton-in-Marsh.  There are regular fast trains to London.
• There are several local taxi firms
• There are a variety of food shops in the village, including delicatessens, grocery shops, and vegetable shops.
• There are several pubs and bars and a variety of restaurants, most of which are child friendly.
   

 
Arrival & Car Parking Facilities

• There is usually parking available on the road outside the cottage with no time limit and no charge. There is a raised kerb from the road to the pavement and then a raised step of 20 cms to the front door which opens directly onto the street.
 

Main Entrance

• There is a small hallway with a telephone on the left hand side.
• There are coat hooks on the right hand side. 
• There is a light in the hallway and a glass topped doorway which leads through into the lounge area.  
• There is a step from the street into the hallway which is 20cm high.
• The front door is 91cms wide.  
• The entry hallway is 1.5m x 2 m and the floor is tiled.     

Hall, Stairs, Landing

• There is a staircase directly opposite the front door. 
• There is a hand rail on the left hand side
• There are 11 stairs up to the first floor and they are 22cms high and 85 cms wide. 
• The landing is quite uneven as this is an old cottage. 
• A door leads to another curved staircase to the top floor. 
• This again has a handrail on the left hand side
• There are 12 steps in total and they measure 70 cms wide and 20 cms high.
• The stairs and landing are carpeted

Living Room

• The entry to the living room is directly from the hallway.  
• There is a door from the living room into the kitchen and a stone step up into the kitchen area.  
• The kitchen doorway is 76cms wide and the step up is 19 cms high.    
• The living room is carpeted with a rug in front of the fire

Laundry

• All the bed linen and tea towels are laundered on a weekly basis.
• We do not provide a laundry service from the cottage but there is a washing machine/tumble dryer in the kitchen

Bedroom Two

• Bedroom Two on the first floor has a king-size bed (5ft wide) and two bedside tables and two bedside lamps.   
• The bedroom door is 81 cms wide.  
• The bed is 60cms high.  
• There is a space of approx 47 cms on one side of the bed and approx 40 cms on the other side.
• There is a wicker armchair in this room.  
• The floor is carpeted

The bathroom on this floor is about two metres from the bedroom door

Bathroom

• The bathroom on the first floor has a bath and a shower over the bath. 
• The doorway is 68cms wide and opens inwards.
• The shower is switched on by a pull switch and then a button on the shower itself. 
• You have to climb into the bath to use the shower which is over the bath with a shower curtain. 
• The side of the bath is 54 cms high.  
• The toilet is 43 cms high.  
• The basin is 86cms high. 
• Free floor space clear of the door is 74 cms x 90 cms. 

Bedroom One with en suite shower room

• Through door 74cm wide and up a staircase with 12 stairs, width 70 cms and height and depth 20cms to the top floor
• Super-king (6 ft) bed which can be made into two 3ft single beds if required.  The mattress zips up the middle when the bed is made into a double.   
• The bed is 50 cms high. 
• There is a space of approx 40 cms one side of the bed and approx 32 cms on the other side.  
• There is 1.9 metres free space at the end of the bed to the dressing table and a wardrobe with a width of 3 metres.
• There are also two bedside tables and two bedside lamps 
• This room has an en suite shower room
• The floor is carpeted

En suite shower room

• The en suite shower room on the top floor has a light switch on the outside of the door.  
• The door is 76 cms wide and opens outwards. 
• The shower cubicle has a step which is 24cms high.
• The basin is 84cms high
• The toilet is 42 cms high. 
• Free floor space in this ensuite room is 77 cms x 186 cms.

Garden

The garden is elongated and accessible from the back door, with 10 stone steps which are approximately 80 cms and 17 cms wide, leading to a windy gravel path which culminates in a sun patio with table, chairs and a sun umbrella at the end of the garden. There is a barbeque for the use of guests which is based on the terrace.

Additional Information

• There are fire extinguishers in the sitting room and the first landing and also in the top bedroom. 
• There is a fire blanket on the wall in the kitchen. 
• There are carbon monoxide alarms plugged in the top bedroom and the lounge downstairs.  
• Smoke alarms have been wired into the mains electricity supply.
• There are torches on each floor - located in the kitchen and the first bedroom and the top bedroom.
• Smoking is not permitted anywhere in the house
• Candles are not permitted
• There is an information folder in size 12 font
• There is a telephone in the cottage and an honesty box alongside a list of call charges.  Mobile telephone signals can be intermittent in the village.

Contact Information
 
Campden Cottages, Folly Cottage, Paxford, Chipping Campden,

GL55 6XG

Tel:  01386-593315
Fax: 01386593057
Email: info@campdencottages.co.uk

Website: www.campdencottages.co.uk

Local Carers

Claimar Care Services

Tel:  01386 840691 

Camperdene, Lower High Street,  Chipping Campden  Gloucestershire, GL55 6AT
www.housing21.co.uk/care-and-health/where-we-provide-care

Local Equipment Hire

Chipping Campden Voluntary Help Group will hire out the following equipment

• Wheelchairs
• Bed cradles
• Commodes
• Crutches
• Zimmer walking frames

Contact:           Dr D Sim

                         Tel:  01386-841509

Local Transport

Full details with telephone numbers and links to timetables for taxis, buses and trains are on www.campdencottages.co.uk/info/transport.htm

Local accessible taxi: Briwood Private Hire, Evesham     

Tel:  07704 446158  operate vehicles suitable for carrying wheelchairs

Shopmobility Stratford upon Avon

Tel: 01789 414534 

Monday to Saturday: 9.00am until 4.30pm

Sunday: 10.00am until 4.00pm

Shopmobility Cheltenham

Tel: 01242 255333

Level 1A, Beechwood Shopping Centre, High Street,  Cheltenham GL50 1QD

We welcome your feedback to help us continuously improve if you have any comments please phone 01386 593315            

or email  info@campdencottages.co.uk