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Langsmeade House B&B is a country house between Thame and Oxford, surrounded by 3.5 acres of mature gardens with spacious rooms, fire places, oak panelling and lovely views from the big patio onto the Chiltern Hills. It housed illustrious residents, Band Leader Jack Hilton lived here during the second World War, world motorbike champion Mike Hailwood was born here and T E Lawrence (of Arabia) was General Fuller´s guest until a few days before his mysterious death. There is a guest TV lounge, free parking, in-house taxi service, access to internet.
Langsmeade House has no bedrooms on the ground floor. The drive and parking area are covered with gravel and might give problems to wheelchair-bound visitors. Access to the house via the front porch/front door requires crossing a 16 cm high threshold. None of the rooms downstairs or upstairs have thresholds, except the conservatory which has a threshold of 5 cm. We provide assistance with your luggage. An adjustable walking stick is available. The staircase has 14 steps, measuring 17 cm high x 25 cm deep x 98 cm wide. After the first 7 steps is a landing/rest point of 1 x 2 meters. There is a banister on the right hand side for the first 7 steps and a banister on the left hand side for the next 7 steps. The corridor, bedrooms and bathrooms are all exceptionally spacious and give ample opportunity for manoeuvering. The showers have an instep of 26 cm. The baths, instep 56 cm, have handles on both sides. If you still think that you could possibly manage to stay in Langsmeade House but need more information to make up your mind, contact us with any questions you may have concerning the house's restrictions and hazards to your individual handicap or disability.
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