Corpus Christi

• There is no access for vehicles to the college main site.
• There is some parking at the Liddell Building (off-site accommodation building). This must be requested in advance.

Main Entrance

• Step-free access from Merton Street
• Pavement outside is ramped
• One gate left open during the day
• Night access via a wicket gate
  • Wicket gate has a 14 cm high lintel
  • Wicket gate opens to 82 cm wide
  • Access control for wicket gate is 114 cm from the floor
• Bell and intercom outside the college
  • Bell is 114 cm from the floor
  • Intercom is 110 cm from the floor
• Porters can open main gate for those unable to use the wicket gate
• Powered gates provide access into Front Quad
  • Access controls for powered gates are 760 mm and 890 mm from the floor

Liddell Building (off-site accommodation building)

• Step-free access from Iffley Road
• Slope from pavement to gate
• Powered gate
  • Gate opens to 109 cm wide
  • Access control is 110 cm from the floor
  • Keypad is between 96 cm and 108 cm from the floor
  • Bell is 132 cm from the floor
• Inside the gate
  • Access control is 115 cm from the floor
  • Keypad is between 103 cm and 111 cm from the floor

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• There are three accessible toilets at Corpus Christi.
• The toilets were built at different times
• They do not meet all the current accessibility standards
• Some features such as high contrast between the rails and the walls, easy-to-use door handles and easy reach sinks may not be in place

There are locations without accessible toilets such as:

• Dining Hall
• JCR
• Library
• Rainolds Room

The dimensions of the toilets are:

• Cloister Quad
  2012 mm x 2500 mm
• Lecture Hall
  1480 mm x 2300 mm
• Liddell Building 
  1394 mm x 1729 mm

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There are currently no lifts at Corpus Christi. At the time of the audit a project had started to install a lift in the Library. This work will be completed in summer 2024.

• The college contains many historic buildings and staircases. 
• Not all staircases have handrails or visually contrasting step edges. 

The images below show examples of stairs around the college.

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• Corpus Christi has buildings of various different ages and therefore a variety of different doors.
• There are powered doors in the following locations:
  • Porters’ Lodge
  • Gates into Front Quad
  • Liddell Building entrance gate (off-site accommodation building)
  • Library
• Some of the doors in the college are very heavy to use.
• Some of the doors have door knobs as opposed to handles.
• The images below show examples of doors around the college. 

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Front Quad

• Step-free access from main entrance
• Paved and level surface
• Step-free access to Cloister Quad
• Step-free access to Library, Auditorium, and gardens
• Contains:
  • Dining Hall
  • JCR (Junior Common Room)
  • Lower Library
  • Morelli Teaching Room
  • Porter’s Lodge
  • Accommodation

Cloister Quad

• Step-free access from Front Quad and Gentlemen Commoners Quad
• Step-free access to Fellows’ Garden
• Step-free access to garden via steep portable ramp
• Paved and level surface
• Contains:
  • Accessible toilet
  • Chapel
  • MCR (Middle Common Room)
  • Accommodation

Gentlemen Commoners Quad

• Step-free access from Cloister Quad
• Rounded threshold on the route
• Paved and level surface
• Gentle ramp to building door
• Contains:
  • Accessible bedroom
  • Accommodation

Lecture Hall Quad

• Step-free access via Cloister Quad
• Step-free access from Fellows’ Garden
• Paved surface
• Surface slopes gently towards Lecture Hall door
• Terrace only accessible by stairs
• Contains:
  • Accessible toilet
  • Auditorium (lecture hall)
  • Rainolds Room
  • Accommodation

Liddell Building (off-site accommodation)

• Step-free access into Quad
• Paved, level, and well-maintained footpaths
• Step-free access onto grass in some areas
• Contains:
  • Accommodation
  • Common rooms

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Fellow’s Garden

• There is stepped access from the Lecture Hall Quad
• There is step free access to and from the Handa roof terrace from the Fellows’ Garden
• The footpath around the garden has a lightly gravelled surface
• There is a metal threshold along the edge of the grass

This Quad contains:

• Accommodation

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The library was refurbished in 2025 and now has:

• Powered entrance doors
• Powered doors on main routes
• Lift to all floors
• 2 accessible toilets
• Hearing support system on enquiry desk

This section of the Guide will be updated following an access audit of the library. 

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Morelli Teaching Room

• There is step free access through the Dining Hall
• Otherwise this room is reached by using stairs
• The main door has opens to 82 cm 
• The access control is between 112 cm and 115 cm from the floor
• The underside of the table is 70 cm from the floor
• The table top is 73 cm from the floor
• There is space to manoeuvre a wheelchair in this room
• If anyone is unable to access this room the College will book an alternative room

Rainolds room

• This room has step free access
• The building door opens to 104 cm
• This room has two sets of double doors
• Each leaf of the double doors opens to 73 cm 
• The outer set of doors have hold open devices 
• The doors are unlocked using a key and have a doorknob 
• The Porters are happy to assist anyone unable to manage these doors
• The underside of the table is 75 cm from the floor 
• The table top is 77 cm from the floor
• The carpet in this room has a medium pile
• There is space to manoeuvre a wheelchair in this room

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Auditorium (lecture hall)

• Step-free access into the lecture hall
• Building door width: 100 cm
• Lobby doors width: 107 cm
• Auditorium doors width: 79 cm
• All doors have hold-open devices
• Access control height: 104–107 cm from the floor
• Exit push buttons height: 82–92 cm from the floor
• Seating includes both raked seating and step-free access
• Space available for wheelchair users

Lecture Hall Teaching Space:

• Door width: 80 cm
• Level wooden floor
• Space to manoeuvre a wheelchair

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Dining Hall

• Access is through a wicket door in the building door
• The wicket door has a lintel which is 14 cm high
• The staff will open the main door for anyone unable to manage the lintel
• This door opens to 140 cm
• There is a pushbutton bell which can be used to call for help
• This pushbutton is between 98 cm and 110 cm from the floor
• The dining hall doors open to 96 cm
• These doors are held open at mealtimes
• The dais is 13 cm high
• The college have a portable ramp for the dais
• The underside of the tables is 64 cm from the floor
• The table tops are 78 cm from the floor
• There is space to manoeuvre a wheelchair in this room

Servery

• The doors to the servery are sliding doors
• These are always kept open at mealtimes
• The doors each open to 85 cm
• The counter is 86 cm from the floor
• The servery is 108 cm wide
• The servery has a one-way system in place
• The staff are happy to help anyone unable to manage the servery

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• There is step free entry from Cloister Quad
• Each leaf of the double doors opens to 68 cm
• The Porters are happy to help anyone unable to manage these doors
• There is a step between the antechapel and the chapel which is 1.5 cm high
• The college has a portable ramp for this step which the porters will put out when needed
• The entrance into the chapel is 150 cm wide
• The aisle is 195 cm wide
• There is space to accommodate a wheelchair in the chapel

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JCR

• There are two steps from Front Quad into the JCR
• The step up to the building door is 16 cm high
• The step into the JCR is 18 cm high
• The college has a steep portable ramp and platform giving step free access into the JCR
• The building door opens to 86 cm
• The JCR door opens to 90 cm

Tea and Coffee Room

• The doorway to the tea and coffee room is 80 cm wide
• The kitchen counter is 90 cm from the floor

Livingstone Room

• This room can only be reached by using stairs
• The door opens to 70 cm
• The access control is 92 cm from the floor
• The chairs in this room are different heights

Andrew Glyn room

• This room can only be reached by using stairs
• The door opens to 68 cm
• The access control is 113 cm from the floor

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