Accessibility Guide for Lotherton Hall House

Welcome

Lotherton Hall museum is a grand but comfortable house which is made up of late Victorian and Edwardian extensions made by Colonel Gascoigne, based around a Regency-period core.

Visitors can bask in the ambience of this charming country home and museum, giving a taste of the lives of the English upper classes in the early 1900s. Restored servants’ rooms also explore the lives of the staff that helped run this house.

Lotherton Hall museum is open annually on a seasonal basis from March to October.

Please get in touch if you require further information about specific access or need advice on planning your visit. 

Photograph of the exterior of Lotherton Hall. A large house with green gardens in front.

Level access

The main entrance has level access. The ramp is permanent.

There is level access from the main entrance to:

Ground floor rooms Fashion Galleries Entrance Desk Public toilets Gardens

Access with steps

There are steps from the main entrance to:

Lotherton Chapel

Hearing

Some staff have disability awareness training.

Visual

Some parts of the venue have low lighting.

We have display information in audio.

We have information in audio and 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

Lotherton Hall

Lotherton Lane

Aberford, Leeds

LS25 3EB

Travel by public transport

You can get to Lotherton Hall House by train.

The nearest train station is Garforth . The train station is 4 miles / 6.4 km from Lotherton Hall House .

Trains from Leeds / York to Garforth and taxi to venue

Parking

We have a car park. There are accessible parking spaces. Parking is free.

From the car park to the entrance, there is level access. There is a permanent ramp.

The path is sloped.

The route is 3500mm wide, or more.

There are mobility scooters available to hire on the day. Please call before visiting to enquire.

Arrival

Path to main entrance

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

There is a permanent ramp.

The path is 3500mm wide, or more.

The path is sloped.

Main entrance

The main entrance has level access.

There is a permanent ramp.

The door is 820mm wide.

The main door is side hung and manual.

The double doors can be opened to increase the door width to 1650mm. Inner doors are 1400mm

Front entrance double doors, one door open

Getting around inside

Visual Impairment - General Information

Some parts of the venue have low lighting.

Lift

We have 1 lift.

You can get a lift to all floors.

The lift is a platform lift.

The lift door is 900mm wide.

The lift is 980mm wide. The lift is 1450mm deep.

The lift says the floor number at each floor.

The lift buttons have raised numbers or letters.

The lift shows the floor number, at each floor.

Please ask a member of staff to use the lift, they will then help with opening doors and directions of how to use the lift.

Corridor of lift with closed lift door in centre

Ticket/ information desk

Entrance Desk

From the main entrance to the desk, there is level access. The route is 1400mm wide, or more.

The door is 1400mm wide, or more.

Things to See and Do

We have a complimentary ticket policy for personal assistants.

We have display information in: audio.

Ground floor rooms

From the main entrance to this area, there is level access. There is a lift.

From the lift to this area, the route is 900mm wide, or more. From the main entrance to this area, there are 3 steps. There is no lift and no ramp.

Some display information is low, for wheelchair users. There are seats.

Some videos have subtitles.

Large room with green walls and rich furnishings

Fashion Galleries

From the main entrance to this area, there is level access. There is a lift.

Some display information is low, for wheelchair users. There are seats.

Videos have subtitles.

Room with dresses in cases in the centre

Public toilet

Public toilets

There is a public toilet for disabled visitors.

From the main entrance to the public toilet, there is level access. There is a lift.

From the lift to the public toilet, the route is 980mm wide, or more.

The toilet door is 980mm wide.

The direction of transfer onto the toilet is to the front only.

There is 1000mm in front of the toilet. The toilet seat is 460mm high. The toilets have handrails.

Accessible toilet on the right sink on the left

Getting around outside

Lotherton Chapel

From the main entrance to the area, there are 2 steps.

There are two shallow steps down into the Chapel

Doorway into Chapel showing two steps down

Customer care support

Accessibility equipment

We provide wheelchairs. Wheelchairs are free.

Mobility scooters can be hired while on site. Manual wheelchairs are available for use within the Hall. Ear defenders are available for use within the house please ask.

For a list of more items, please go to https://museumsandgalleries.leeds.gov.uk/lotherton/visit-lotherton/#access.

Emergency evacuation procedures

We have emergency evacuation procedures for disabled visitors.

In case of an evacuation, all visitors will be led to safety by a member of the team.The emergency assembly point is located outside the Chapel unless instructed otherwise by a team member. There is an evacuation chair located at the top of each first floor staircase. There are also designated evacuation points for wheelchair users who do not wish/are unable to use the evacuation chairs to wait at until the emergency services are able to evacuate.

Customer care support

Some staff have disability awareness training.

We have information in audio and large print.

These are available from the front desk please ask a member of staff for help.

Some staff have received Makaton training.