Wycliffe Hall
One of the five permanent private halls of the University of Oxford
- Main entrance on Banbury Road - step free access
- Alternative step free entrance on Norham Gardens
- Access is managed either with keys or swipe cards.
- Buildings are a mix of different ages and styles - stepped access only to some areas
- One accessible bedroom - this has an accessible en suite bathroom
This table contains summary information about the building
On-site designated parking for Blue Badge holders | Yes - 4 spaces |
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Public designated parking for Blue Badge holders within 200m |
Yes |
Other nearby parking | Yes |
Main entrance | Step free access. Powered door. |
Alternative entrance | Step free access. manual door. |
Wheelchair accessible toilets | Yes - 1 near main entrance |
Lift | No |
Hearing support systems | Yes |
Main Entrance
- The main entrance on Banbury Road is step free
- The door is powered
- This door opens to 88 cm
- The access control is 108 cm from the floor
- The exit push button is between 101 cm and 110 cm from the floor
- There is a bell above the access control which is 135 cm from the floor
- There is a paved path from the road to the main entrance
- This is surrounded by gravel
- There are some areas where there is an upstand at the edge of the paving
Alternative Entrance – Norham Gardens
- There is step free access from the accessible parking on Norham Gardens to reception
- There is also step free access from here into the seminar rooms and accessible bedroom
- Access into the main building is through a door with a threshold which is 3 cm high
- There are two sets of double doors
- Each leaf of the doors opens to 75 cm
- Both sets of doors have hold open devices
- The doorbell is 122 cm from the floor
Vehicle Entrances
Banbury Road
- There are two vehicle entrances from Banbury Road
- There is no gate or barrier
Norham Gardens
- There is a vehicle entrance to access parking between numbers 2 and 4 Norham Gardens
- There is no gate or barrier
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Reception
- Reception cannot be reached from the main entrance without using steps
- There is step free access from Norham Gardens
- This entrance has a threshold which is 3 cm high
- There are two sets of double doors
- Each leaf of the doors opens to 75 cm
- Both sets of doors have hold open devices
- The doorbell is 122 cm from the floor
- Reception is staffed between 08.30 am and 4.30 pm
- At all other times any students needing assistance contact the University security service by telephone
Pigeonholes
- The pigeonholes can only be reached by using stairs
- The reception staff will hold the post for anyone unable to manage stairs
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- As the toilet was built some time ago it does not meet all the current accessibility standards
- Some features such as high contrast between the rails and the walls are not in place
- The accessible toilet is near the main entrance
There are locations without accessible toilets such as:
- Chapel
- Common Room
- Library
- Refectory
- Seminar Rooms
The dimensions of the toilet are:
- 148 cm x 266 cm
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There are no lifts at Wycliffe Hall at the present time.
- The college has several different building styles and staircases.
- Some are older than others and some are more accessible than others
- Most have contrasting edges
- Some have handrails but not all of them do
There is step free access to:
- Accessible Bedroom
- Accessible Toilet
- Lecture Room 1
- Lower Common Room
- Seminar Rooms 1 and 2
The images below show examples of stairs around the college
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- Wycliffe Hall has buildings with a variety of different doors.
- The main entrance door is powered
- Some of the doors in the college are heavy and some people may need help
- Some of the doors have door knobs and some are opened by using keys
- The images below show examples of doors around the college
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- There is step free access to the garden from Banbury Road Norham Gardens
- The footpaths between the Norham Gardens parking and the main building are tarmac
- Some of the footpaths around the garden have a gravel surface
- There is a raised metal edge to the lawn in part of the garden which is 3.5 cm high
- There is a gate behind Main Building giving access to the lawn
- The gate opens to 80 cm
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Access
- The library can only be reached by using stairs
- The librarian provides a book retrieval service for anyone unable to access the library
External entrance
- This entrance door opens to 117 cm
- The access control is 97 cm from the floor
- The door handle is 90 cm from the floor
Internal entrance
- This double door can only be reached by using steps.
- Each of the doors opens to 52 cm
- The access control is 132 cm from the floor
- The door handle is 125 cm from the floor
Library
- The ground floor rooms do not have doors but the openings are at least 80 cm
- The book return counter is 103 cm from the floor
- The basement study room doors open to at least 75 cm
- These can only be reached by using stairs
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Access Seminar Rooms 1 and 2
- There is a ramp up to the entrance of 2 Norham Gardens from the Hall garden
- This ramp has one landing
- This building door opens to 84 cm
- The access control is 98 cm from the floor
- The front entrance to this building can only be reached by using stairs
- The front door to the building opens to 122 cm.
- Anyone unable to manage this entrance can use the door at the rear of the building
Seminar Room 1
- The door to this room opens to 72 cm
- The door is unlocked with a key
- Staff are happy to assist anyone unable to manage the door.
- The Hall will book a different room for anyone unable to access this room.
- This room has a medium pile carpet
- The sofas and chairs are of different heights
- There is space to manoeuvre a wheelchair in this room
Seminar Room 2
- The room door opens to 84 cm.
- The underside of the tables is 69 cm from the floor
- The table tops are 72 cm from the floor
- There is space to manoeuvre a wheelchair in this room
Seminar Room 3
- This room can only be reached by using stairs
- The Hall will book a different room for anyone unable to manage stairs
- The building door opens to 112 cm
- The lobby door opens to 89 cm
- The room door opens to 85 cm
- The underside of the tables is 70 cm from the floor
- The table tops are 72 cm from the floor
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Lecture Room One
- Each leaf of the double doors open to 64 cm
- There is step free access into this room from the main entrance
- The underside of the desks is 69 cm from the floor
- The desktops are 72 cm from the floor
- There is space to manoeuvre a wheelchair in this room
Lower Common Room
- The main entrance to this room has double doors
- This entrance is step free from the man entrance
- Each door opens to 59 cm
- The hall staff are happy to assist anyone having difficulty with the doors.
- The other door into this room opens to 69 cm
- The chairs in this room all have an attached desk
- The Hall will provide a table for anyone who cannot use these chairs
- There is space to manoeuvre a wheelchair in this room
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- The refectory can only be reached by using steps
- The entrance doorway has two thresholds which are 2.5 cm and 5 cm high
- The servery counters are 90 cm and 91 cm from the floor
- The underside of the tables are 74 cm from the floor
- The table tops are 77 cm from the floor
- There is space to manouevre in this room
- The hall would deliver meals to anyone unable to access the refectory
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- The Chapel can only be reached by using steps
- Each of the double doors to the Chapel opens to 59 cm
- Staff are happy to assist anyone unable to manage these doors
- The aisle is 128 cm wide
- There is limited space for a wheelchair in the aisle
- Most of the pews have step free access
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- The Common Room can only be reached by using stairs
- The main door opens to 77 cm
- The access control is 108 cm from the floor
- The second door into the room opens to 78 cm
- The bar counter is 120 cm from the floor
- There is space to manoeuvre in this room
Kitchen
- The entrance to the kitchen is 106 cm wide
- The kitchen counters are 93 cm from the floor
- The hot water boiler tap is 128 cm from the floor
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- The hall has one accessible bedroom with ensuite bathroom
- This is in 2 Norham Gardens
- There is a ramp giving access to one of the building doors
- The building door opens to 84 cm
- The bedroom door opens to 86 cm
- The door is unlocked with a key which is 120 cm from the floor
- There is space to manoeuvre a wheelchair
- The bathroom door opens to 84 cm
- The bathroom measures 261 cm x 230 cm
- There is no accessible kitchen
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- The laundry is in the basement and can only be reached by using stairs
- The door to the laundry opens to 70 cm
- The washing machines and driers are all on the floor
- The door handles are between 50 cm and 67 cm from the floor
- The machine controls are between 97 cm and 102 cm from the floor
- The card readers are between 130 cm and 180 cm from the floor
- The domestic team will manage the laundry for anyone unable to manage stairs
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Contact details
Wycliffe Hall
Banbury Road
Oxford
OX2 6PW
enquiries@wycliffe.ox.ac.uk
01865 274200
www.wycliffe.ox.ac.uk
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