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We at Pitbauchlie House Hotel use the VisitScotland Disabiliity Grading Scheme and have achieved Category Three - Access for visitors with mobility difficulties, we also meet most of the critreria at level two see below for clarification. All the hotel services are on the ground floor with level access from hotel reception.

The Criteria below is copied from VisitScotland for your convenience.

VisitScotland welcomes visitors with disabilities and operates an inspection scheme to assess accommodation offering disabled provision using the UK-wide National Accessible Standards. These form three categories of accessibility:

Unassisted wheelchair access
Assisted wheelchair access
Access for visitors with mobility difficulties

Establishments are recognised in this way by the appropriate access symbol in brochures. Many establishments will be able to cater for those with a sensory impairment but please do check with the proprietor before booking.

Capability Scotland is Scotland's largest disability organisation and provides a national advice and information service. For further information on their services, please contact:

Advice Service Capability Scotland (ASCS) 11 Ellersly Road, Edinburgh EH12 6HY Tel: +44 131 313 5510 Fax: +44 131 346 1681 Textphone: +44 131 346 2529 e-mail: ascs@capability-scotland.org.uk
www.capability-scotland.org.uk

Our Accommodation Grading Meets all Level three Criteria

Accommodation Requirements for Category 3 (Access for visitors with mobility difficulties)

Accommodation Requirements

Public Entrance

A public entrance must be accessible to wheelchair users from a setting down or car parking point.
Where an establishment has a car park, a reservable parking space should be available for a disabled guest, on request.
The route from the parking point or space to the entrance must be sound and free from obstacles. Deep gravel, cobbles and pot-holed surfaces are unlikely to be acceptable.
The entrance door must have a clear opening of not less that 67 cm.
Where there is no ramp there must be no more than 3 steps to the entrance at any one point.
Within the reception area, there must be an unobstructed space of not less than 110 x 70 cm.

Interior General

Those public passageways that lead to the restaurant or dining room, lounge, TV lounge (unless TV is provided in the bedroom), bar, the disabled guest's bedroom and bathroom (if other than en suite) should not be less than 75 cm wide.
Doors to the rooms referred to above should have a clear opening of not less than 67 cm.
There must be no more than 3 steps, at any one point, in the corridors the disabled guest will be required to use or at the entrance of the rooms referred to above.
Where the disabled guest may be required to use a lift, the door should have a clear opening of not less than 67 cm, and the interior of the lift should not be less than 110 cm deep by 70 cm wide.

Bathroom

The bathroom must be en suite or on the same floor as the disabled guest's bedroom.
Where a bath is provided, it should have a horizontal or angled support rail on the far side (recommended 25 cm above the rim).
Where a shower only is provided, it must have a seat (recommended 45 - 50 cm above the floor) and a support rail on the far wall (recommended 25 cm above the top of the seat and a maximum of 50 cm from the centre of the seat).
Where there is a step into the shower, it should have a riser of no more than 19 cm.
There must be a washbasin within the bathroom or bedroom.

The WC must be en suite or on the same floor as the disabled guest's bedroom.
Toilet paper must be within reach of the seat.
Where the WC is separate from the bathroom there must be a washbasin in the same room.

Notes

Ramps, where present, should not have a gradient at any point of more than 1:12.
Steps to be used by a disabled guest should have risers no more than 19cm, with treads no less than 25 cm deep and 75 cm wide.

Category Two

We also meet some of the criteria for level two, the ones in red and marked X are not met in the bathroom and WC.

Accommodation and Visitor Attraction Requirements for Category 2 (Assisted wheelchair access for visitors)

Accommodation Requirements
All the requirements for Category 3 except as amended below.

Public Entrance

Where there is no ramp, there must be no more than single steps to the entrance.
The entrance door must have a clear opening of not less than 75 cm.

Interior General

There must be no more than single steps, at any one point, in the corridors or to the rooms the disabled guest will be required to use.
Those public passageways that lead to the restaurant or dining room, lounge, TV lounge (unless TV is provided in the bedroom), bar, the disabled guest's bedroom and bathroom (if other than en suite) should not be less than 80 cm wide and not less than 120 cm opposite the doors to the rooms referred to above.
Doors to the rooms referred to above should have a clear opening of not less than 75 cm.
In the restaurant/dining room there must be at least one accessible table with a clear underspace of at least 65 cm high. Blocks, to lift a table when required, are acceptable. Where three or more bedrooms meet the requirements for Category 2 or 1, at least two such accessible tables should be provided.
Where the disabled guest may be required to use a lift, the door should have a clear opening of not less than 75 cm, and the interior of the lift should be not less than 120 cm deep by 80 cm wide.

Bedroom
Only one bedroom need meet these requirements.

There must be unobstructed space of not less than 110 x 70 cm.
There must be space alongside at least one side of the bed of not less than 80 cm to allow for lateral transfer.

Bathroom
Only one bathroom, separate or en suite with the bedroom(s) above need meet these requirements.

X There must be an unobstructed interior space, clear of the door swing, of not less than 100 x 70cm. (not met -only met if the door is open)
Where a bath is provided, there must be space alongside of not less than 80cm to allow for lateral transfer.
Where a shower only is provided, it must have: a level entry, i.e. no rim; a lateral transfer space of not less than 80 cm, and a seat.
The washbasin, either within the bathroom or bedroom, must have sufficient clear underspace and/or level taps to enable it to be used by someone in a wheelchair.

WC
Only one WC, separate or en suite with the bedroom(s) above need meet these requirements.

There must be a lateral transfer space to the WC of not less than 80 cm.
X The rim of the WC seat must be between 45 - 50 cm above the floor. (not met seat height is 40.5cm)
X There must be a horizontal or angled support rail opposite the transfer space, between 20-30cm above the seat. (not met no horizontal or angled support, vertical support on wall)
If separate from the bathroom, there must be an unobstructed interior space of not less than 110 x 70 cm and a washbasin with clear underspace.

Notes

There can be a succession of single steps, provided there is sufficient space after each step for a wheelchair to sit comfortably and safely, with all four wheels on the ground.