Access Statement Description
Cold Cotes Accommodation and Events consists of 2 buildings for our guests, the house and a barn renovation.
The house contains guest rooms 1, 2, and 3, the dining room, sitting room, and reception area. The barn contains rooms 4, 5 and 6, and the events facility.
Rooms 4 and 5 in the barn are on the ground floor. All other bedrooms are on first floors.
Contact
If you should have any questions, please contact us by telephone at 01423 770937, or email, info@coldcotes.com.
Our
Web site is www.coldcotes.com
Pre-Arrival
We are about 7 miles (11 km) West of Harrogate.
We recommend guests arrive by car. The nearest bus stop (route X59) is at The Millstones on Skipton Road, which is 1.6 miles from our lane entrance.
A taxi from Harrogate was recently priced at around £20.
Arrival
The top of our lane is on Cold Cotes Rd (née Slack Ln), approximately 1/3 mile north of Skipton Rd (A59), the third farm entrance on the right. The lane is unpaved and about 2/10 of a mile long. As you enter Cold Cotes B&B the lane becomes gravel-topped.
The Cold Cotes main house is the second on the left, a two-storey building. The barn is on the right, across from the main house.
Our main car park is just past the house. A disabled parking space is available to the side of the barn.
The walk from the main car park to the entrance is about 30 m (100 feet) along the gravel drive. There is an incline of about 5 degrees (1:12) along that path.
Main Entrance and Reception Areas
There is a 5 cm step up to a sturdy 60 x 90 cm paving stone, then a small 2 cm step up to the level stone entrance path. Just before the door there is a 15 cm step up to the entrance porch, which is 90 cm deep, and a 6 cm threshold to step over at the door. The door is 1 m wide.
A large foyer is 210 cm square and covered in coir carpeting. An inner set of double doors provides access to the reception area. There is a 2 cm step down to a wood plank floor.
The reception area is wood plank floor with a short pile area rug covering most of the floor.
The sitting room is through two doors 76 cm wide. The flooring is wood plank with short pile area rug in the centre.
Public WC
A loo is available from the foyer. The door is 71 cm wide and has a "WC" sign. There is a 4 cm step up to a stone floor. The width of the WC is 61 cm.
Dining Room
The dining room is through a 72 cm wide doorway from the reception area.
There are six tables capable of seating two guests each. Tables will be pushed together to accommodate larger groups. The table height is 76 cm. Two of the dining chairs in this room have arms.
Gardens
There are several chairs, tables and benches throughout the garden.
The garden paths are grass and wood mulch with some mild inclines.
Bedrooms
All bedrooms have:
- Lockable doors
- Televisions and DVD players with remote controls
- Mini fridge with fresh milk and bottled water
- Kettle with tea & coffee supplies
- Wine glasses and corkscrew
- Hairdryer
- Ironing board and iron
- Wireless internet access.
- Welcome folders with fire safety information, breakfast and dinner menus
Stairway to Rooms 1, 2, 3
All guest rooms in the Cold Cotes main house are on the first floor.
A single flight of 14 stairs leads up to a landing one step lower than the first floor. There are handrails on both sides of the stairs. The stairway is 98 cm wide between the two handrails.
The steps are carpeted with light-colored short pile carpet. Each step is 18 cm tall and slightly shallow at 21 cm deep.
Room 1
Access is one step up (18 cm) from the stair landing through a 76 cm wide door.
The flooring for the room and bathroom is a fitted low pile carpet.
The bed is a king (5ft) bed. Mattress height is 68 cm.
The one night stand is at the far side of the bed.
The en-suite bathroom door is 68 cm wide. It has a square shower.
There is one shower. Entry is 41 cm wide and a 23 cm step up. The shower dimensions are 73 cm wide by 70 cm deep.
The sink height is 81 cm and the mirror height is 133 cm.
Room 2
The hallway to room 2 is one step up (18 cm) from the stair landing and has flooring of fitted low pile carpet.
Access to room 2 is through a 76 cm wide door at the end of the hall.
Flooring is a fitted low pile carpet in all areas (bedroom, sitting room, and bathroom).
The bed is a king (5ft) bed. Mattress height of 44 cm.
Access to the sitting room is 85 cm wide and two steps down, 17 cm each.
Access to the en-suite bathroom is through a door 70 cm wide.
The bathroom has a bathtub with an overhead shower.
The sides of the tub are 54 cm high. The inside bottom of the tub is 37 cm deep. The dimensions of the tub are 142 cm long and 58 cm wide at the top.
Room 3
The hallway to room 3 is one step up (18 cm) from the stair landing and has flooring of fitted low pile carpet.
Access to room 3 from the hallway is through a 73 cm wide door, and then two steps down, 14 cm then 20 cm. From here three doorways of 71 cm wide each lead to a sitting room, the bathroom, and the bedroom.
Flooring is a fitted low pile carpet. There is also one short pile area rug in the sitting room and one in the bedroom.
The bed is a super king (6ft) that can be set up as two twin beds (3ft each). The mattress height is 60 cm.
The en-suite bathroom has a bathtub with hand shower.
The sides of the tub are 54 cm high. The inside bottom of the tub is 49 cm deep.
The sink height is 78 cm and the bottom of the mirror is at 140 cm.
Room 4
Room 4 is on the ground floor of the Barn. A 106 cm wide paved path runs along the barn.
Access to room 4 is through a 76 cm door to a small T-shaped foyer. There is a 2 cm step down to the coir flooring in the foyer. Room 4 is to the right.
The door to room 4 is 76 cm wide and self-closing.
Flooring is a fitted low pile carpet.
The bed is a king (5ft) bed. Mattress height of 60 cm.
The en-suite bathroom door is 79 cm wide.
There is one shower. Access is doorless, width 56 cm, and there is no step up or down. Shower controls are at 134 cm high. The shower head height is adjustable from 146 cm to 200 cm, and can be used as a handheld shower.
The sink height is 84 cm and mirror height is 123 cm.
The room has an 87 cm wide emergency exit to the outside.
Room 5
Room 5 is on the ground floor of the Barn. A 106 cm wide paved path runs along the barn.
Access to room 5 is through a 76 cm door to a small T-shaped foyer. There is a 2 cm step down to the coir flooring in the foyer. Room 5 is to the left. The width of the hall is 54 cm if the exterior door is fully open, 80 cm otherwise.
The door to room 5 is 79 cm wide and self-closing.
Flooring is a fitted low pile carpet.
The bed is a super king (6ft) that can be set up as two twin beds (3ft each). Mattress height is 60 cm.
The en-suite bathroom door is 80 cm wide.
There is one shower. Access is doorless, width 56 cm, and there is no step up or down. Shower controls are at 134 cm high. The shower head height is adjustable from 146 cm to 200 cm, and can be used as a handheld shower.
The sink height is 81 cm and mirror height is 116 cm.
The room has an 87 cm emergency exit to the outside.
