Corpus Christi College

Entry

The door is located on Merton Street. The pavement on either side of the door is at a steep incline, but is step free. Entrance is through a small ‘inner’ door within full-size wooden double doors. These can be opened by porters on request. 

Unlocked during the day, locked at night (left open if a large event is happening). 

Fob required when doors are locked. Fob reader is located at a height of 120 cm to the right of the main doors, and is recessed into the wall. 

There is also a bell to call the porters who are present 24/7. This is located to the right of the main doors at a height of 115 cm.

There is an ‘exit’ button inside the lodge area to unlock the door from quad side. This is 107 cm high. 

Access Level

Access into Front Quad from the full-size main door is fully flat and step-free (does not require going through the lodge itself). 

Through the ‘inner’ door (door two (2)), access is not fully flat. 

Access to the porters lodge from the main door (door three (3)) is fully flat but not step-free. There are three (3) steps. Step one (1) is 12 cm high, 90 cm wide and 60 cm deep. Step two (2) is 18 cm high, 80 cm wide and 32 cm deep. Step three (3) is in the doorway. It is 20 cm high and 72 cm wide. There are no handrails.

Access to the porters lodge from Front Quad is fully flat but not step-free. There are two steps from door four (4) from the lodge area into Front Quad. These are 90 cm wide and 16 cm high. There are plans to ramp this entrance in summer 2020.

Primary entrance in front quad. This is step-free but not usually fully flat as it is through a small ‘inner’ door within a full-size door meaning there is a large lip. This is very narrow.

The primary Hall door has an accessibility button located  to the right, at a height of 100 cm. This calls the porters to open the full-size door to eliminate the large lip making it fully flat and step-free. 

Alternative access is through Gentlemen's Commoner's Quad (see map), and is fully flat and step-free. 

Hall is unlocked during mealtimes. 

Mealtimes:

• Breakfast 8:15-9 Mon-Fri
• Lunch 12:30-1 Mon-Fri
• Dinner 6:20-7 Sun-Thur, Formal Hall from 7 on Friday 
• Brunch 11:30-12:30 Sat and Sun

Entry

The alternative entrance is located on Front quad directly opposite the Porter’s Lodge.

This entrance is locked, requiring keys held by the porters and librarians. 

There are accessibility buttons both outside and inside the door to call for porters/librarians to access library. The interior button can also be used for calling librarians for assistance in accessing books.

Opening Hours: 24/7 library and porters, Librarians are present 09:00 - 18:00 (lunch break 13:00-14:00).

Access Level 

The alternative entrance is located on Front Quad, directly opposite the main college entrance and is between two large flowerbeds. It is step-free but not fully flat as there are cobbles leading up to the door. This entrance is locked but keys are held by porters and librarians. 

This door gives entrance to the ground floor of the library only (primarily law collections). ​​

Entry

Primary entrance located in Front Quad in Staircase 8.

JCR is always open but requires fob access.

Access Level

The primary entrance is fully flat but not-step free. There are two (2) steps in total.

Entry 

The TV Room is located on the first floor of Staircase 8, off Front Quad. 

Fob access required. 

Access Level

Access to the TV Room is fully flat but not step-free.

There is one (1) flight of 16 steps. Each step is 140 cm wide, 20 cm high, and 28 cm deep.

Equipped with handrails.

Entry 

Entrance located in Front Quad next to Hall (see map).

Door to Bar is located down the hallway to the right. 

Opening Hours: 7pm-12pm Mon-Fri or during bops.

Primary entrance located in the passageway between Front Quad and the cloisters. Access is fully flat and step-free. 

Door is unlocked during opening hours (07:00-22:00).

Entry

An outside space accessed from the main college garden onto the Auditorium roof (see map).

Closed at night or if there is bad weather.

Access Level

There are two flights of eight (8) stone steps. Each step is 125 cm wide, 16 cm high, and 28 cm deep.

There are steel handrails on both sides of the steps.

There is a ramp to the first level of the terrace. A stairclimber may be requested from porters to access the second level.

Entry

Primary entrance is through the Small Garden off the cloisters (see map).

The alternative route is through the Main Garden, then into the far side of Small Garden.

Locked unless there is an event, keys can be obtained from the porters.

Capacity of 50.

Access Level

The primary route is neither fully-flat or step-free. There are two (2) uneven stone steps into the Small Garden. These are 89 cm wide and 16 cm high. Stone slab pavement in the garden is uneven.

The alternative route is step-free. The gravel path in the Main Garden means that it is not fully flat.

Located in the Cloisters (see map).

Door frame is 80 cm wide, fully flat and step-free.

Door handle is 96 cm high.

Usually unlocked.

Sink is 69 cm high and is cutaway.

Equipped with handrails and an emergency cord.

There is one guest room on the main college site which has been used to house people with disabilities. 

There are three (3) accessible study-bedrooms on the ground floor of Liddon Quad (off-site).

There is one (1) room on the main college site adapted for those with hearing impairments, installed with a tactile pillow and pager system to alert residents of fire alarms.