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| A toilet fit for medievalists! |
That this toilet is a disability toilet is evident from the spaciousness, alarm button, easy-to-use-flush, and wall supports (oh, and the sign on the door). It is light and spacious, clean, and really smells quite nice.
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| It's really very comfortable. Note the disability-friendly flush |
The sink has the kind of pointless mixer tap, so common in Britain, that usually doesn't actually work. However, this one does, surprisingly, eventually produce some lukewarm water (it was a cold day, and, as in all old English buildings, the water temperature changes with the weather).
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| Hurrah! A lovely tap! And it's disability-friendly! |
The (rather stylish) soap dispenser dispenses pleasantly fragranced soap. Like all proper English institutions, the University of York displays signs of frantic health-and-safety awareness; there is a poster informing one of the dangers of disgusting personal habits, and the importance of washing one's hands.
The bin is covered, and at a pleasant distance from the toilet-goer, and there is an air dryer and a paper towel dispenser! Moreover, there is a separate bin for paper towels.
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| Really rather stylish |
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| Most students blatantly disregard these guidelines, turning up with the most disgusting germs oozing out of every orifice |
The bin is covered, and at a pleasant distance from the toilet-goer, and there is an air dryer and a paper towel dispenser! Moreover, there is a separate bin for paper towels.
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| A most holy and encouraging trinity |
There is no coat hook, but one can hang one's bag from the door handle, or put it on the windowsill, where a healthy-looking pot plant and a spare toilet roll add to the pleasantness of the room.
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| Such charming windows! |
Points: 7/15
King's Manor
Exhibition Square
York, YO1 7EW
http://www.york.ac.uk/medieval-studies/about/
Related Reading:
Revisiting Academia: King's Manor, Main Toilets
The Berrick Saul Building at the University of York: Finally, a British Nod in the Direction of the 21st Century
The Historic Toilet Tour of York
The Intellectual Streak Continues: Leeds University Library Bogs, or, Yorkshire Graffitti
http://www.york.ac.uk/medieval-studies/about/
Related Reading:
Revisiting Academia: King's Manor, Main Toilets
The Berrick Saul Building at the University of York: Finally, a British Nod in the Direction of the 21st Century
The Historic Toilet Tour of York
The Intellectual Streak Continues: Leeds University Library Bogs, or, Yorkshire Graffitti
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