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Welcome

Lee Miller and Roland Penrose's Sussex home was a meeting place for some of the leading figures from the world of 20th century modern art.

Pablo Picasso stayed in 1950, and Max Ernst, Joan Miró, Man Ray, Leonora Carrington and Dorothea Tanning also visited from overseas whilst Eileen Agar, Kenneth Armitage, William Turnbull and Richard Hamilton formed the British contingent.

Works by many of these artists are displayed in the house. Farleys Gallery, the Lee Miller Gallery and the sculpture garden show a program of exhibitions both from the permanent collection and contemporary artists. 

Farleys is open to visitors on Sundays & Thursdays April - October. 

 

Front elevation of Farleys House

Level access

The main entrance has 1 step. There is no lift and no ramp.

There is level access from the main entrance to:

Farleys GalleryFarleys Gallery reception deskFarleys Yard toiletsGift shop in Farleys HouseFarleys Sculpture Gardens

Access with steps

The main entrance has 1 step. There is no lift and no ramp.

There are steps from the main entrance to:

Farleys HouseLee Miller Gallery

Hearing

Some staff have disability awareness training.

Visual

We have display information in large print.

General

We have a complimentary ticket policy for personal assistants.
There is a public toilet for disabled visitors.
Some staff have disability awareness training.
We have emergency evacuation procedures for disabled visitors.

Getting here

Farleys House & Gallery, Farley Farm
Muddles Green
Chiddingly
BN8 6HW

Travel by public transport

Farleys is not currently easily accessed by public transport. Buses to the area are very limited, particularly on Sundays. Our nearest train station with a taxi rank is Lewes, which is a 20 minute taxi journey from Farleys. 

Parking

We have a car park. There are accessible parking spaces. The parking is less than 50 metres from the main entrance. Parking is free.
There is a drop-off point at the main entrance. The drop-off point does not have a dropped kerb.
From the car park to the entrance, there is level access. There is a permanent ramp.
Parking spaces reserved near main entrance to Farleys Gallery

Arrival

Path to main entrance

From the street to the main entrance, there is level access.
There is a permanent ramp.
The path is 1400mm wide, or more.
The path is sloped.

Main entrance

The door is 1120mm wide.
The main entrance has 1 steps.
The main door is side hung and manual.
Ramp from car park to entrance of Farleys Gallery Door to Farleys Gallery from car park

Getting around inside

Ticket/ information desk

Farleys Gallery reception desk

From the main entrance to the desk, there is level access. The route is 2000mm wide, or more.

The main check in desk and information point is in Farleys Gallery. There will be a member of staff at the door to greet visitors and offer any assitance required. 

Image of reception in Farleys Gallery

Things to See and Do

We have a complimentary ticket policy for personal assistants.
We have display information in: large print.

Farleys Gallery

From the main entrance to this area, there is level access. Some display information is low, for wheelchair users. There are seats.
Some videos have subtitles.

Farleys Gallery has a level floor and is accessed from the carpark on a concrete ramp. There is a threshold at the door which is 5cm high. 

Farleys House

From the main entrance to this area, there is 1 step. There is no lift and no ramp.
Some display information is low, for wheelchair users. There are seats.

There are a number of steps between the rooms on the ground floor of this old Sussex Farm House. We have ramps we can put in place to make the rooms accessible to wheelchair users.

We have 2 hearing assistance sets for use on the guided tours. 

ramp between kitchen and hallway

Public toilet

Farleys Yard toilets

There is a public toilet for disabled visitors.
From the main entrance to the public toilet, there is level access. The toilet door is 750mm wide.
The direction of transfer onto the toilet is to the left.
There is 350mm at the side of the toilet. There is 900mm in front of the toilet. The toilet seat is 450mm high. The toilets have handrails.
Door to toilets in Farleys yard. Accessible toilet cubicle

Shop

Gift shop in Farleys House

From the main entrance to the shop, there is level access. There is a portable ramp. The route is 790mm wide, or more. The door is 790mm wide.
The route through the shop is 800mm wide, or more.
Ramp at entrance to gift shop Inside Farleys gift shop

Lee Miller Gallery

From the main entrance to this area, there is 1 step. There is no lift and no ramp.

There is a metal door threshold at the entrance 

Threshold to Lee Miller Gallery

Getting around outside

From the main entrance to the gardens, there is level access.

Customer care support

We provide wheelchairs. Wheelchairs are free.

We have one wheelchair available and two hearing assitance sets availble for use by customers on the house tour or workshops. These sets can be linked to hearing aid or used with headphones. 

Emergency evacuation procedures

We have emergency evacuation procedures for disabled visitors.

Customer care support

Some staff have disability awareness training.

We provide a file of large print captions for each of our Gallery exhibitions. 

We have other services for people with accessibility requirements.

A number of our staff are trained in audio description for partially sighted visitors. Please contact us to discuss booking this service. 

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