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National Trust Cottages Accessibility Guide Quay Cottage Durgan, Mawnan Smith, Falmouth, Cornwall TR11 5JU Ref: 011025

Introduction

Quay Cottage is a stone-built cottage on the edge of the Helford River. The cottage is in Durgan village located next to the slip way on to the beach. The cottage sleeps 3 and is arranged as follows: Ground Floor:

• Open plan kitchen/lounge/diner and laundry/cloak room

First Floor:

• Twin bedroom, single bedroom and bathroom

Pre-Arrival

• See the main webpage for booking and location details.

• Please contact us prior to booking if you have any specific access requirements.

• Directions are provided with booking

• Bring a torch if arriving after dark, as there are no streetlights in the village and a torch is useful to see the keysafe combination lock numbers

Approach

• Residents to the village are entitled to drive down all year round. Parking is for residents only.

• Entrance to the village is down a sloped road with passing places.

Arrival & Parking Facilities

The semi-detached cottage is located in the hamlet of Durgan, on the northern shore of the Helford River, just outside the village of Mawnan Smith. The lane from the main road down

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to Durgan is single track and the cottage is the second one on the left. The parking area is behind the buildings on the right and is clearly marked for Quay Cottage.

Getting in (and out) of the cottage

• From the parking space head down towards the river and, on the right, at the top of the slipway, there is a picket entrance gate to the cottage front garden. A path leads from this gate along the front of the cottage and round to the west side where the entrance door is.

• The combination key safe for the entrance door is on the wall to the right of the door.

• There is an outside light but it is recommended that guests bring a torch to set the correct lock combination on arrival. Keys to be returned to safe on final departure.

Getting around the cottage

Ground Floor

• Solid wooden entrance door, Stable type (latched together as standard), opens inwards into open plan lounge/dining room/kitchen. Solid wooden door off, opens inwards, to laundry/cloak room.

• Stairway up to first floor landing.

First Floor

• Stairway from the ground floor onto landing. Three solid wooden doors off, one to bathroom and other two to twin and single bedrooms. All doors open inwards.

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Lounge/Dining room/Kitchen – dual aspect

Lounge Area

• 77cm wide, solid wooden, stable, front door opens inwards, into lounge area

• Slate tiled flooring with central hessian rug

• Wall mounted electric Rointe heater

• Wood Burner

• Ceiling light

• Table lamp and standard lamp

• Window, to front, (110cm wide x 140cm high) with seat below (48cm seat height)

• L-shaped sofa (45cm seat height)

• Wing back chair (46cm seat height)

• Storage box (89cm wide x 47cm deep x 38cm high)

• T.V. and DVD player

• Radio/CD player

• Stairway to first floor landing

• Solid wooden door off to laundry/cloak room

• Multi-head sensor alarm

• Carbon monoxide alarm Kitchen/Dining Area

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• Slate tiled flooring

• Two ceiling lights

• Two under cupboard strip lights

• Window, with wooden blinds, to rear aspect (85cm wide x 150cm high) with seat below (46cm seat high)

• Pine “kitchen” table (59cm wide x 122cm long x 58cm knee height)

• Three wooden “kitchen” chairs (46cm seat height)

• Kitchen floor cupboards with drawers under 90cm high worktops

• Wall cupboards (48cm high) above worktop

• Fridge/ freezer, microwave oven, toaster and kettle

• Electric cooker with ceramic hob

• Heat detector alarm

Laundry/cloak room – single aspect

• 60cm wide, solid wooden door opens inwards, from lounge area

• Vinyl flooring

• Ceiling light

• Window, with deep sill, to rear, (25cm wide x 110cm high)


• W.C. (45cm seat height)

• Wash basin (78cm from floor)

• Washing machine worktop cover above and tumble drier on top

• Wall mounted coat rack with 6 hooks

Stairway to first floor

• Turning stairway from lounge to first floor landing

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• 13 solid wooden steps (80cm wide x 20cm high x 24 cm deep). The first four steps are narrow turning type.

• Handrail on one side (87cm high)

• Ceiling light on 2-way switch

First floor landing – single aspect

• Wooden floorboards

• Smoke detection alarm

• Window, with deep sill, to west side (50cm wide x 120cm high). Internal pine shutters.

• Three solid wooden doors off landing: one to bathroom, one to twin bedroom and one to single bedroom. All open inwards.

Twin bedroom – single aspect

• 73cm wide doorway from landing

• Wooden floorboards flooring with small rug

• Ceiling light

• Pair of table lamps


• Window, with deep sill, to front aspect (80cm wide x 120cm high)

• Built-in wardrobe (83cm wide) with hanging rail 85cm from the floor (12 hangers provided)

• Wing backed chair (seat height 47cm)

• Pine chest of drawers “2 over 3” (94cm wide x 44cm deep x 85cm high)

• Pair of bedside cabinets (36cm wide x 28cm deep x 64cm high)

• Pair of contemporary, single wooden bedsteads -zip link can be made into double (each 1m wide x 2m long x 60cm high)

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• Both mattresses ‘Hypnos Orthocare 10’ with firm comfort level

• Smoke detection alarm

• Ornamental fireplace

Single bedroom – single aspect

• 59cm wide doorway from landing with frosted glazed panel above

• Wooden floorboards flooring with small rug

• Ceiling light

• One table lamp


• Window, with deep sill, to rear aspect (80cm wide x 1m high)

• Built-in wardrobe (72cm wide) with hanging rail 156cm from the ground (6 hangers provided)

• Bedside cabinet (35cm wide x 28cm deep x 64cm high)

• Pine chest of three drawers (90cm wide x 38cm deep x 75cm high)

• Single bed (1m wide x 2m long x 60cm high)

• Mattress is a pocket sprung ‘Colchester 1000 regular’ from ‘Hush-a-Bye’

• Multi-sensor alarm

Bathroom

• 68cm wide doorway from landing

• Wooden floorboards

• Two spotlights

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• Mirror with light and shaver point

• Frosted glass roof light (40cm wide x 75cm long)

• Electric heated towel rail

• W.C. (42cm seat height)

• Wash basin (78cm from floor)

• Bath (60cm wide x 150cm long x 56cm high)

• Eco electric shower over bath with shower screen

Garden

The garden is shared with the adjoining holiday cottage, Beach Cottage. The garden is mainly grassed lawn enclosed by a low-level stone wall (height 69cm). The wall is actually the quay edge and below the other side is a drop of 230cm to the beach and shoreline. There is garden furniture for each cottage and rotary dryer in the west side of the garden for sole use of Quay Cottage guests.

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Additional Information

Facilities at all cottages

The National Trust aims to expand the list of accessible /equipment/items available at each cottage and these may include

• Cordless kettle

• Hollowfibre bedding

• Chair with armrests

• Good reading light

• Large handle vegetable peeler

• Easy tin opener

• Non-slip mat for bath/shower

• Non-slip place mat

• Easy jar opener

• Information in alternative formats (on request) Please note that we cannot guarantee that all items will be available at the time of your visit. Please enquire at the time of booking regarding any particular requests.

Specialist equipment

Other specialist equipment such as wheelchairs, bath seats, toilet frames etc may be available for loan or purchase from the local Red Cross loan centre. Please check this out before booking the Cottage and contact us if you require further information. http://www.redcross.org.uk/standard.asp?id=89425

Future Plans to improve Access to National Trust Holiday Accommodation

• We are currently in the process of writing accessibility guides for all our holiday cottages and bunkhouses and improving access over time for all our guests. All feedback is very helpful in informing us of ways in which we can improve access. We welcome any comments or ideas from you about access at this cottage and thank you for taking the time to do this. Please do this in the most convenient way for you. See contact details below or information on website.

About the Accessibility Guide

• This Accessibility Guide is intended to provide key information about the accommodation that may be particularly relevant to guests with disabilities. Please contact us prior to booking if you would like information that is more specific and we will be happy to oblige.

Email: [email protected] Phone: 0344 8002070

Access for All at the National Trust

• The Access for All office works to improve access at all National Trust accommodation and properties. The office welcomes comments and ideas on improving access. Phone: 01793 818531 Email: [email protected]

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