Blackbrook House

Gun Hill, Dedham, Colchester CO7 6HP
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Blackbrook House in Dedham is situated in an area of outstanding natural beauty on the Essex-Suffolk border. The home provides residential and dementia care for up to 55 residents in comfortable ensuite rooms and continues to welcome new residents. Blackbrook House supports trial stays and shorter stays as well as permanent care.

The home ensures each individual’s health and care needs are continually met by working closely with customers and their families. Menus are cooked freshly on site and to residents' tastes and daily activities are arranged with residents.

They provide on-going dementia training for care staff which ensures their approach always reflects best practice. Anchor recognises that everyone is an individual and works hard to provide person-centred care.

As one of England's largest not-for-profit providers of housing and care for those over 55 years of age, Anchor continually reinvests the money it makes into its retirement properties and care homes, to continually raise standards to provide a high-quality service to surpass customer’s expectations.
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Care Provided by Blackbrook House

Primary Care Categories

  • Older Person Care
  • Dementia

Length of Stay

  • Permanent Care
  • Respite Care

Care Types Provided

  • Residential Care
  • Dementia Residential Care
  • For a maximum of 55 Service Users

Dementia Care Types

  • Mild Dementia
  • Moderate Dementia

Other Care Provided

  • Convalescent Care

Facilities

  • Lift
  • Wheelchair Access
  • Television point in own room

Funding & Fees What's included?

Weekly Charges per Person

  • Self-Funded Residential Care: from £1367
  • Self-Funded Residential Dementia Care: from £1367
  • RESPITE Self-Funded Residential Care: from £1367
  • RESPITE Self-Funded Residential Dementia Care: from £1367

Colleagues at Blackbrook House will be happy to discuss our weekly fees with you and what our fees include.

These prices are only a guideline, please contact Blackbrook House to find out the exact price for your requirements.

Contact Blackbrook House to confirm what's included and get a personalised quote:

Funding Types Accepted

  • Self Funding (Private)
  • Local Authority with Top Up
  • Local Authority
  • NHS Continuing Healthcare (CHC)

Contact Blackbrook House to confirm what's included and get a personalised quote:

Good to Know

Group/Owner

  • Anchor
  • Voluntary / Not for Profit Owned

Person in Charge

  • Lucy Yarham (Manager)

Local Authority / Social Services

Admission Information

  • Mixed (no single-gender units)
  • Ages 65+

Care Home Design/Build

  • Purpose Built: Yes
  • Year Purpose Built: 2008
  • Number of floors: 2

Room Information

  • Single Rooms (55)
  • Single Rooms with Ensuite Wet Room (55)

Visiting

  • The home welcome visitors as an integral part of day-to-day life.

Parking

  • There is onsite parking, including disabled spaces.

Blackbrook House Reviews (85)

9.7

Blackbrook House has a Review Score of 9.7 (9.671) out of 10, based on 27 reviews in the last 2 years.
Over all time Blackbrook House has 85 reviews.

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Review from Debbie (Daughter of Resident) published on 30 November 2015 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Lovely welcoming home. Friendly compassionate staff. Clean with fresh flowers. Good understanding of individuals needs.
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Review from Douglas (Son of Resident) published on 30 November 2015 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 4.0 out of 5
Very welcoming reception by the manager on first visit to Blackbrook House Care. Lovely open and spacious communal rooms but good security. Excellent continuity of staff who are always friendly and my mother holds in high regard. The staff have a positive and encouraging "can do" attitude. My sister
has eaten meals with our mother. The meals were tasty and well presented. As a family we are always pleased to visit Blackbrook House Care where "Granny" is as happy as she could be.
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Review from V L (Daughter of Resident) published on 30 November 2015 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
I think the home has everything to make you comfortable, you don't have to worry about anything. It is all done for you. I use the home from time to time and they are always there to help.
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Review from Elaine W (Niece of Resident) published on 23 November 2015 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Mu uncle is very happy to live at Blackbrook House, he likes the staff and enjoys his meals there. I find the staff approachable and friendly, always ready to answer any queries I have, which is great as I live in wales (five hours away by car)
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Review from S W (Daughter of Resident) published on 23 November 2015 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Excellent care of my father, not only paying attention to his needs but also treating him as an individual and allowing for the fact that sometimes what he wants is different to what they want for him. Very important in this day and age where most residents can be just a number. Very caring staff, also
willing to talk to you. Makes me feel very confident that my father is looked after. He is always treated very well.
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Current Review Score: 9.7 (9.671)

Overview of Review Score

The Review Score of 9.7 (9.671) out of 10 for Blackbrook House is based on a) the Average Rating and b) the number of positive Reviews.

  1. The Average Rating is 4.7 out of 5 from 27 Reviews in the last 24 months.
  2. The score for the number of positive Reviews is 5.0 out of 5 from 27 positive Reviews in the last 24 months.

Detailed Breakdown of Review Score

The maximum Review Score for a Care Home is 10, which is made up from the Average Rating of Reviews (maximum of 5 points) and the Number of Reviews (maximum of 5 points) in the last 24 months:

  1. 5 Points are available for the Average Rating from all Reviews in the last 24 months. The Average Rating of 4.671 for Blackbrook House is calculated as follows: ( (227 Excellents x 5) + (81 Goods x 4) + (9 Satisfactorys x 3) + (2 Poors x 2) ) ÷ 319 Ratings = 4.671
  2. 5 Points are available for the number of Positive Reviews in the last 24 months. A Positive Review is defined as any Review with an 'Overall Experience' of '4' or '5' (out of a max rating '5'). The 5 Points relating to the number of positive Reviews for Blackbrook House is based on 27 positive Reviews in the last 24 months and is calculated as per below:

    The 5 points available are broken down as follows:

    1. 4 points are available for the first 20 Positive Reviews in the last 24 months; 3 points for the first Positive Review, 0.125 Points for each of the next four Positive Reviews, 0.05 Points for the next five Positive Reviews, and finally 0.025 Points for the next ten Positive Reviews. (1st = 3.000, 2nd = 0.125, 3rd = 0.125, 4th = 0.125, 5th = 0.125, 6th = 0.050, 7th = 0.050, 8th = 0.050, 9th = 0.050, 10th = 0.050, 11th = 0.025, 12th = 0.025, 13th = 0.025, 14th = 0.025, 15th = 0.025, 16th = 0.025, 17th = 0.025, 18th = 0.025, 19th = 0.025, 20th = 0.025) 3 + 0.125 + 0.125 + 0.125 + 0.125 + 0.05 + 0.05 + 0.05 + 0.05 + 0.05 + 0.025 + 0.025 + 0.025 + 0.025 + 0.025 + 0.025 + 0.025 + 0.025 + 0.025 + 0.025 = 4
    2. 1 point is available for the number of Positive Reviews reaching 20% of the registered maximum number of service users in the last 24 months. If this number is partially reached, then that proportion of 1 point is given. eg a Care Home registered for a maximum of 50 service users has to reach 10 Positive Reviews to receive 1 point, if it has 7 reviews it will receive 0.7 points. 20% of the 55 registered maximum number of service users is 11, which has been reached with 27 Positive reviews. Points = 1
  3. When a Review is submitted by someone who has previously submitted a Review, only the latest Review will count towards the Review Score.
  4. If a Care Home does not have a review in the last 24 months, then it will not have a Review Score.

Regulatory Rating

Care Quality Commission (CQC) Rating

Date: 18 Jan 2020

Overall Good

  • Caring Good
  • Effective Good
  • Responsive Good
  • Safe Requires improvement
  • Well-led Good
Care Quality Commission is responsible for the registration and inspection of social care services in England. View Latest Report

Bed Vacancies

2 Bed Vacancies

Posted: 08 Dec 2025

We currently have two vacancies for care. Please contact Blackbrook House directly for more details.

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