Access Statement for Awelon Holiday cottage
The cottage is located in the village of Rhiw on a cliff top with panoramic far
reaching views over the 6 mile long beach of Porth Neigwl (Hell’s Mouth Bay),
Cardigan Bay and the Snowdonia Mountain Range.
The village is served by a bus from the town of Pwllheli (17 miles) twice a day, which has a train station connecting to many midland routes. The Village of Aberdaron is 4 miles away and has 2 pubs, 2 shops, a post office, independent bakery and cafes, as well as ramp up to a long concrete promenade overlooking a stunning sandy beach.
The cottage is down a lane (local authority maintained, with a good but slightly
uneven stone surface) and the car park with ample spacious parking is
approximately 30 metres from the house.
A wide (85cm) gate way lead onto a smooth granite path directly to the door
(70cm), which has a small (12cm) threshold. This leads into a very spacious
(2.9m) hallway with a dark slated floor. Off the hallway there is a kitchen door
(70cm) at the same level leading onto a very large (4m plus) light tiled
kitchen. The work surfaces are 90cm in height with plenty of worktop sockets and
a sink and drainer fitted into the worktop. There is a fitted front loading
washer dryer, dishwasher and Aga style range with two ovens at (50-80cm) and
(18-42cm). Both the fridge and freezer are under counter fitted models, and the
large farm house table is easily accessible on three of the four sides.(77cm)
Off the large hallway, there is a downstairs bunk bedroom on the same level with
contrasting light carpet to the dark slate. There is also a ground floor shower
room (with a 11Kw electric shower with safety thermostat and two bright
down-lighters) on same level as hall floor, with72cm access and a retaining step
of (18cm) into the shower. A shower stool can be supplied on request.
The all leads up three deep slate steps approx 20cm high into the living room,
where there is a slate walkway to the back door and downstairs toilet. This
leads up three steps to a large sheltered slated terrace and barbeque area. The
slate walkway has a very small step up (7cm) (with contrasting flooring) to a
very large living area with triple and double sofas and two single chairs with
foot stools. There is ample wall, bright ceiling and more subdued table lighting
with electric sockets at skirting height and at 0.5m. This room makes the most
of the stunning views through enormous French windows which lead onto a large
slate terrace at the same height as the living room floor. This leads onto the
garden with a small ramp.
The living room has Freesat Sky with both subtitles and descriptive commentary
(when broadcast), a DVD recorder/video recorder and Hi-fi amplifier and high
quality speakers along with Sennheiser cordless headphones that work for the tv/dvd/radio
throughout the entire house. All are remote controlled.
The upstairs is reached by 9 steps with landing followed by another step with a
permanently fitted safety gate.
A small ramp/step (4cm) leads into the bathroom (with contrasting flooring)
where there is a 1.5m roll top bath (58cm), a corner (800mm) thermostatically
limited power shower with double sliding doors (45cm) with large grab handles
and a non slip solid shower tray, a sink (80cm) and a “comfort” hi level toilet
(48cm).There are 6 bright downlighters (one incorporating an extractor fan), a
bathroom mirror with lighting and a shaver socket and a velux window.
The remaining three bedrooms are off the corridor landing with (70,74+75cm)
doors.
There is a twin single room (56cm between beds) with dressing table(74cm) and
down to floor chest of drawers.
There is also a king size (160cm) bed (70cms) with down to floor wardrobe, and
down to floor chest of drawers.
The double bedroom (140cm) has a combined down to floor wardrobe/drawer unit.
All the bedrooms have bright over head lights and bedside lights on each side of
the bed. The sockets are all at a height of 0.5m.
The twin and king rooms both have large windows at 40cms height giving the
wonderful views.
Electric blankets are available by request.
There are smoke detectors in the living room and at the head of the stairs, and
the combined smoke/carbon monoxide detector at the foot of the stairs issues
both an alarm and a spoken command of the threat and to evacuate.
There is a telephone landline that receives incoming calls and by arrangement
can be used for outgoing calls. All mobile networks work at the cottage, but
Vodaphone and Orange in our experience have complete reliability.
Medical contact details are in guide to house; a GP and first response system
operates in the area and is based in Botwnnog (3 miles from house). Cottage
hospital and minors unit (NO A&E) at Pwllheli; full district hospital and A&E at
Bangor, an hours drive.
Assistance dogs are welcome.
OS Grid ref:
Available as Email; spoken; on website; large print; minicom; fax; Braille.
Last amended May 2007.