Access Guide: Chemistry (Organic) - Dyson Perrins Laboratory

South Parks Road. Tel. (01865) 275680

All undergraduate students studying Chemistry need access to the facilities in this building. Some graduates also need access to the building depending on their research area.

There are four entrances to this building but the front entrance on South Parks Road is never used. The main entrance is +3 stairs and through two sets of double doors. Another entrance is used by students going to lectures and leads to another set of double doors to get to the ground floor level. The final entrance is ramped up to double doors that can only be opened from the inside.

The reception is on the ground floor opposite the main entrance and through door 690mm. A steep ramp leads from here to the ground floor coffee room, the research labs, and the old lift, which is very small and does not meet specifications; this lift gives access to all floors. There is another more convenient lift (door 700mm, width 1230mm, length 1140mm) by the reception, which also gives access to all floors.

The first floor lecture theatre has double doors followed by -3 stairs and then another set of double doors. There is a stair lift, which covers these steps, and although the key can be obtained from reception it can only really be used with assistance. Once inside there is tiered seating but there is space for at least one wheelchair at the end of the front row. The lecturer's table is on the flat. The lab on this floor has double doors and -4 stairs but there is another stair lift, which gives flat access. There are further double doors and there is plenty of turning space inside. There is flat access to the second and third year teaching lab via three sets of double doors and one door (780mm). Inside there is plenty of turning space. The workbenches are height 800mm but have cupboards underneath them. The instrument room has a door of width 690mm. The first year teaching lab is -5 stairs from the second and third year teaching lab and has double doors.

The library, which is only open to graduates and fourth year part II students is on the second floor and has flat access via the lift and two sets of double doors. Although there is no full-time librarian there is a secretary available to give assistance.

Organic Chemistry will be relocating all of its research function to a new chemistry research laboratory, and it is expected that the transfer will take place during September and October 2003; the teaching laboratories will remain in the current Dyson Perrins Laboratory.