Large Georgian style Guest House offering Bed and Breakfast Accommodation. Set in a quiet location just a short walk from historical Dorchester’s  town centre and its amenities

Comprising of 7 letting bedrooms:

One 2-roomed suite on the ground floor with full disabled access and facilities for less able guests and wheelchair users

Six further bedrooms on the first floor comprising of:

One Double bedroom with shower room en suite

One Twin bedroom with shower room en suite

Two Superior Super-king size Double or Twin bedrooms with ‘zip and link’ beds. Both with shower room en suite

Two Single bedrooms, each with its own private shower room nearby for which a wrapped dressing gown is provided

LCD Television with integrated DVD and Freeview in every bedroom

Full further information and current tariff etc can be found on our website:  www.aquilaheights.co.uk                                                             email:     enquiries@aquilaheights.co.uk

Pre-Arrival at Aquila Heights Guest House

•Telephone and email enquiries are welcomed                      

• Full Travel Information available on request

• Links for location, directions and route planning can be found on the 'News & Availability' page of our main website: www.aquilaheights.co.uk

• Web links to most visitor attractions. Places to go; Sights to see: Venues to visit. etc. etc.

• Full Hyperlinked version is available for advanced planning by email on request

• Guests with visual or aural impairment are welcome but we would prefer guests with serious impairment to be accompanied to ensure their safety

Arrival & Car Parking Facilities

• Our L shaped tarmac surfaced Car Park is adjacent to the house

• Some areas of the car park do slope towards the road at the front

• Assistance with luggage is offered to every guest on arrival 

• Approach to entrance is tarmac changing to concrete

• Contact details are prominently displayed on outside signage

• Day and late night doorbells are both in the vestibule

• A lower doorbell is positioned on the fire escape door adjacent to our car park

• Distance from car park to main entrance: 8 metres

Main Entrance & Reception

• The main entrance is to the front of the house

• The main front entrance has one step up plus a door frame lip leading into the vestibule entrance then one step at the main door into the house

• Second entrance side door leading to a long low metalled ramp for wheelchair users with no steps

• There is no manned reception

• Both doors open inwards leading to an original polished pine boarded floor hall with a door mat followed by a large central Chinese rug at the base of the stairs ahead

• A pad and pen is always available on request

• Front entrance hall is shaped around the main stairs leading left to Bedroom 1 and right to the cloakroom

• Guest fridge in the hall has chilled fresh milk for bedroom use 24/7

Public Areas - General (Internal)

• All public areas are on the ground floor

• All doors and frames are white in contrast to the hallways’ creamy yellow walls

• Sage green carpeting throughout the house

• Lighting throughout is bright but lowered during the night

• We have no lift

•Ground floor WC cloakroom with a lift and drop-down hand rail to the left of the toilet - facing

 
Breakfast Room and Guest Lounge

• Both are situated with doors facing on either side of the hall on the ground floor

• There are five tables in the Breakfast Room of varying size and shape. Two are of a different height

• Special dietary requirements are usually available or can be arranged prior to arrival

• In addition to our waitress service there is a buffet area for cereals, fresh fruit, fruit juices, yoghurts etc

• Our extensive Breakfast Menu is also available in German

Door Widths:

• Front door:                          81cm

• All other rooms:                  77cm

• Disabled en suite door:       90cm

• All other en suites and shower rooms:  67cm

Main Stairs: 

15 steps in total - 12 stairs up followed by a 180 degree turn half landing then 3 more 

• Width:                                  81cm

• Tread depth:                       25cm

• Step height:                        16cm

2^nd Fire Escape Stairs: 

14 steps in total - 4 stairs down followed by a 90 degree turn half landing then 10 stairs to fire escape door adjacent to our car park

• Width:                                 77cm

• Tread depth:                       21cm

• Step height:                        19cm

Bedrooms:

 • All bedrooms are carpeted

• With the exception of the double bed on the ground floor all beds are 54cm high

• There is a central light in each bedroom

• Bedside lights and task lights in each bedroom

• A generous Tea, Coffee and biscuits hospitality tray with a cordless kettle in each bedroom

• Herbal and Fruit tea sachets are for self selection from a large jar on the landing

• LCD Television with integrated DVD and Freeview in each bedroom

• We do not provide telephones in the bedrooms

Bedroom 1 – Our Garden Room Suite

Because of the flexibility of this room we endeavour to re-arrange the furniture to suit individual guests’ requirement. One single bed in the Garden Room can be removed to allow a larger seating area if not needed for sleeping

Moving the double bed into the adjacent Garden Room offers a much wider space on both sides of the bed but unfortunately as this is a purpose made bed it is extra heavy and a major upheaval that cannot be done single handed

* Regrettably, due to the weight and difficulty, moving the double bed IS NOT POSSIBLE without notice and prior arrangement.

• Special carpet underlay for ease of wheelchair movement

• Higher than normal and firm edged double bed for easy wheelchair transfer.

• Space under the double bed to facilitate a hoist.  Height:  58cm.

• Single bed height:   54cm 

En suites and Shower Rooms

To enable guests to travel light our shower rooms are fully equipped with more than the essentials.

Spacious, powerful showers are complimented by a good selection of shower gels, bathroom-size shampoos, each with matching conditioner and toiletries etc. with large, good quality bath sheets, towels and flannels

Room 1 en suite:

• En suite shower room with safety flooring plus an additional hand basin in the         

adjoining carpeted dressing room

• En suite door width: 90cm

• Level-deck wheel-in shower with a fixed fold down seat with sturdy, rubber-cupped legs at the front

• Disabled height toilet with no seat lid.  Toilet height: 48cm

• Hand rails are strategically position in the shower and on both sides of the toilet:

1. Fixed to wall on the left and parallel to the toilet (facing)

2. Fixed but movable to Lift and drop-down when needed to the right and parallel to the toilet (facing)        

• Hand basin is small and at the required height for wheelchair accessibility

En suites and Shower Rooms - First floor

• Rooms 2, 3, 5 and 5 each have an en-suite shower room with a walk in shower and vinyl flooring

• Rooms 4 and 7 (singles) each have their own private shower room just across the landing with walk in shower cubicles. A wrapped dressing gown is also provided

• Room 4 has vinyl flooring and a walk-in shower cubicle

• Room 7 has safety flooring and a walk-in shower cubicle with a shower seat (identical to Room 1)

Fire Security and Safety

• Full house fire alarm system fitted

• The fire alarm is a warbler

• Sprinkler system to ground floor

• Second stairway leading down to fire escape door

• Hallways, stairs and both sides of the four external doors have emergency lighting

• All external bedroom and communal room doors are half-hour fire doors

• Hand rails line both sides of both stairways between ground and first floors

• An un-latched fire door / smoke barrier door is positioned in the first floor hallway mid-way between Shower room 4 and Shower room 7.  This door is designed to close automatically in the event of an emergency or power cut

Laundry and Shoe Cleaning facilities

• 24 hour-return laundry service is available on request – There is no charge  for laundry if guests are staying 5 days or more. 

• Irons and ironing boards are kept in our ground floor cloakroom

• Wet clothing and boots can be dried overnight in our utility room on request

• Shoe & boot cleaning materials, brushes, polish, dubbin etc are also kept in our ground floor cloakroom

Mobility

• Accessible taxis can be arranged and booked by telephone

• All information can be sent or e mailed for your own advanced arrangements

• Shop-Mobility is located in Charles Street, Dorchester

• Wheelchairs and disabled equipment can be temporarily loaned from the Red Cross office behind Agricultural House in Acland Road