
Staff are very helpful and friendly. I feel confident knowing Mum is being cared for.Kathy R(Daughter of Resident/Service User)

From day one when our family friend was admitted I felt reassuredPauline P(Friend of Resident/Service User)

Very friendly and helpful staff, have made Dad's stay here very comfortable.D L(Son of Resident/Service User)

Staff are very helpful and friendly. I feel confident knowing Mum is being cared for.Kathy R(Daughter of Resident/Service User)

From day one when our family friend was admitted I felt reassuredPauline P(Friend of Resident/Service User)

Very friendly and helpful staff, have made Dad's stay here very comfortable.D L(Son of Resident/Service User)

Croft House offers nursing, residential and short stay care. They’re here when you and your loved ones need them most. For planned respite or last- minute trips. A safe space to recover after an operation. To experience what their home’s like before moving long- term. To just relax. Whatever the reason, their doors are open.
Croft House is an elegant and spacious home situated within a leafy suburb close to Stansted...
Care Provided by Croft House Care Home
Primary Care Categories
- Older Person Care
- Physical Disability
- Eating Disorders
Length of Stay
- Permanent Care
- Respite Care
Care Types Provided
- Residential Care
- Nursing Care
- For a maximum of 38 Service Users
Other Care Provided
- Parkinson's Disease
- Stroke
- Palliative / End of Life Care
- Convalescent Care
Facilities
- Own Furniture if required
- Close to Local shops
- Near Public Transport
- Lift
- Wheelchair Access
- Gardens
- Residents Kitchenette
- Television point in own room
- Residents Internet Access
Funding & Fees
Weekly Charges per Person
Pricing is subject to an assessment of care needs and the room chosen. There’s no need for your loved one to have Bupa health insurance, our Care Home is open to everyone. Please contact us for more information.
The price(s) shown are provided by the care home. Contact Croft House Care Home for full pricing details and T&Cs.
Contact Croft House Care Home 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)
Support you may be entitled to
- If you chose a care home based in England, you may be eligible for NHS Funded Nursing Care (FNC), which helps cover the cost of nursing. This is worth £267.68 per week and is usually paid directly to the care home.
Good to Know
Group / Owner
- Bupa Care Homes
- Private Owned
Person in charge
- Melanie Kemsley (Home Manager)
Local Authority / Social Services
Admission Information
- Mixed (no single-gender units)
- Ages 40+
Care Home Design/Build
- Purpose Built: Yes
- Number of floors: 2
Room Information
- Single Rooms (34)
- Couples/Companion Rooms (2)
Visiting
- The home is two minutes from the A120, just off Great Dunmow High Street. The nearest train station is nine miles away at Braintree, connecting you with London Liverpool Street.
Parking
- On-site parking available.
Croft House Care Home Reviews (72)
Croft House Care Home has a Review Score of 9.6 (9.589) out of 10, based on 20 reviews in the last 2 years.
Over all time Croft House Care Home has 72 reviews.
I like my room and its homely feel, and I enjoy when visitors come to see me. Overall, my experience has been pleasant.
Thank you for your review. We are happy to hear you have found our staff to be welcoming and pleasant. Please let us know if there is anything more we can do to make your stay as comfortable as possible.
Two members of staff in particular are very kind and do their best to encourage eating and drinking.
Front of house - reception and another particular member of staff have been very helpful.
Thank you for taking the time to leave your review. We are glad to help you and your family through a difficult time. Please let us know if there is anything we can do to make your husband's stay as comfortable as possible.
Very friendly and helpful staff, have made Dad's stay here very comfortable.
Thank you for your feedback. It is always nice to hear words like very friendly and helpful being used to describe our care. Thank you for choosing Croft House for your dad's stay.
Thank you all for your continuing help and support.
Thank you for your lovely review. We are very happy to hear you can feel at ease with your mother in our care. Thank you for choosing Croft House for her stay.
The food and kitchen staff are highly commended - it is great that you can join in for lunch or supper.
Thank you to the manager and two members of staff in particular for great communication and to your wonderful team for their compassion and kindness.
Thank you for your lovely review. We are so pleased that you are impressed with the staff at Croft House Care Home. It is so lovely to hear that your mum is comfortable, well fed and medically supported. It is always nice to hear words like “Compassion” and “Kindness” being used to describe our staff. We hope to continue providing your loved one with the best possible care.
I reviewed care facilities in a 20-mile area for a 92-year-old gentleman who is a family friend and have legal responsibility for. He lived in his home for 64 yrs, unfortunately on his own for the last 3, and was becoming less able to manage. As I looked at quite a few Croft House kept being recommended to me, both from direct experience and knowledge of. I was very impressed on my first visit by the facilities, room sizes, comfortable areas to sit, daily activities, menus, food prepared and lovely gardens. It is a large comfortable home with a most charming atmosphere. However what was most sincere were all the staff, professionalism, respect and light-hearted manners. They project dedication and care and everyone has been so friendly. Health care is, as we all know from direct experience and social media, challenging. The level of individual care needs fluctuates but it is evident all staff do everything possible to make this a well-run home and my friend has his enthusiasm restored.
Thank you for your lovely review. We hope Croft House care home did everything possible to make the transition as easy as possible. It is always nice to hear words like “professionalism, respect and light-hearted manners” being used to describe our care. We hope to continue providing your friend with the best possible care and thank you for choosing Croft House for his stay.
My aunt became a resident of Croft House Care Home in 2019 at the age of 99 years. I have been impressed over the subsequent years (and I'm not easily impressed !) by the consistently high standard - including the caring attitude of staff, good quality meals and wide range of activities. These have all contributed to the good social skills and mobility my aunt still enjoys. The staff's arrangements for my aunt's 104th Birthday are an example of their thoughtfulness. They asked how my aunt wished to celebrate, she asked to visit her childhood home nearby and have lunch at the hotel in the town she frequented as a teenager. The kind carers fulfilled both requests outstandingly - including arranging with the new owners for my aunt to look around her old home and for birthday decorations at the hotel. A birthday party with cake and a visit by the Town Mayor concluded a very happy day. As I live some distance away it is reassuring to know my aunt has this level of care.
Thank you for taking the time to leave your kind review. We are very happy to hear you can feel at ease with your aunt in our care and it is always nice to hear from family members feeling like their loved one is cared for and looked after. It is always nice to hear words like “thoughtfulness” and...
Croft House is in a delightful garden setting. The staff here are truly amazing. They are patient, kind, caring and respectful, and as my mum says, nothing is too much trouble for them. The residents here are extremely well cared for, well entertained and very well fed as all the food is home-cooked and there is always a choice of meals.
My mum enjoys many of the activities that are on offer, from sewing classes to movie screenings and carpet bowls, as well as trips into town for tea.
The rooms are cleaned daily as are the private bathrooms. My mum wants for nothing here, is extremely happy and considers herself very fortunate to be in the hands of the expert care staff of Croft House.
I would highly recommend Croft House to anyone looking for excellent personal care for their loved ones.
Thank you for taking the time to leave your lovely review. It is always nice to hear words like "patient, kind, caring and respectful” being used to describe our care. It is always nice to hear from family members feeling like their loved one is cared for and looked after. We hope to continue providing your loved one with the best possible care and we look forward to seeing you again soon.
My mother and stepfather moved into Croft House Care Home in February 2023. The standard of care given to my parents has been excellent, sadly my stepfather was at the end of his life. The kindness shown to both my stepfather and visiting family was outstanding.
Thank you for your lovely review. It is always nice to hear words like “excellent” and “outstanding” being used to describe our care. We are glad to help you and your family through such a difficult time. Hopefully, you will go away from this feeling like your loved ones received the best possible care.
From September 2021, when my mum moved into Croft House Care Home, the whole team were warm and welcoming and they totally succeeded in making it feel like home to her. Mum expressed on numerous visits how safe she felt and how she loved her personalised care. The food choices were perfect for her and her regular hair treatments and visits from the chiropodist still gave her contact with the outside world. I would recommend Croft House to anyone looking for an excellent care home as my mum’s life was enriched by her time there.
We appreciate you taking the time to leave us your comments, it is nice to hear that your mum feels safe in our care home and that she enjoys the food on offer. It is lovely hearing that your mum feels at home with us. Thank you for your recommendation.
All of the permanent staff are caring and helpful, always ready to provide assistance and to communicate with residents. Their commitment to the role is clearly obvious in every way. We are very lucky in being looked after by all of the team.
One final comment, whilst one understands the difficulty in recruiting new staff, I would like to see fewer agency staff on duty as they clearly have no loyalty to Croft House.
We appreciate you taking the time to write your review. We hope that the warm welcome made the transition into care a little easier for you. Thank you again for your kind words.
My personal concern is that the care home is somewhat understaffed as they have a high number of residents who require two carers at a time. This can mean that other residents' calls for assistance can go unanswered for prolonged periods. We have had niggling issues with laundry going missing and essential toiletries needing replacing. The care home facilities have a somewhat tired and slightly grubby look and feel, but I understand a refurbishment programme is planned.
Overall though, the care home provides all the care and attention we would wish for Mum.
Thank you for your feedback. We are happy to hear the way you describe our staff and the way they kept you fully updated throughout the pandemic. I will pass your comments regarding staffing and the personal items on to the management team for you. Thank you for taking the time to bring this to our attention and please let us know if there is anything further we can do.
Regards.
We appreciate you taking the time to leave us your comments. It is lovely that you thought your father received the best possible care. Thank you for your recommendation.
We are so impressed with the fantastic way that all of the staff at Croft House have coped during this latest lockdown. They have always treated Mum with loving care and dignity and this has been so important during the past year. We feel so lucky that she is being cared for in such a loving way and are so grateful for the regular updates that we receive. We would like to say a huge thank you for everything they do for all the residents.
Thank you for your kind words. We are glad to help you and your family through such a difficult time. We hope to continue providing your mum with the best care possible.
Staff are very helpful and friendly. I feel confident knowing Mum is being cared for. Staff have kept me updated in regards to her health and well-being and have tried to accommodate during this difficult time.
Thank you for trusting us with your mother's care. We really appreciate you taking the time to leave us such lovely comments.
My Grandmother has been a resident of Croft House for a year now after a succession of hospital admissions. The Croft has always provided wonderful care and their management of the COVID-19 situation has been fantastic. They have worked so hard to keep my Grandma well and despite not being able to see my Grandmother for the past four months, we have taken great relief to know that she is in safe hands. I would definitely recommend this care home to any future residents
Very much appreciated that you have taken the time to write this review. It is a pleasure to have your Grandmother with us at Croft House.
The majority of the carers are excellent although one or two leave a lot to be desired. The cleaner at Croft House needs replacing. The food is delicious and the kitchen staff are always cheerful and helpful. I do feel that Croft House is understaffed.
The residents' private rooms are nicely decorated although the bathroom door opens onto another door and there is no ventilation in any of the bathrooms. The residents sitting rooms and dining areas are very welcoming. My father, once settled, was happy at Croft House and I felt he was safe and well looked after.
We very much appreciate you taking the time to leave us a review. It was a pleasure having your father reside with us at Croft House and it’s lovely to hear that he was happy whilst with us. We take on board the comments relating to the cleaner and will share your comments – Many Thanks, Jo and Sarah.
My Mum has been in the Care home since June 2019 and she is very happy.
We all hope we will be able to visit our loved ones very soon. A huge thank you to the manager and the team for all their care.
Many thanks for the positive feedback. Although difficult times at the moment it is lovely to know that you appreciate all that we do at Croft House.
Their standards are very high. The rooms are clean and spacious. The food is excellent we a wide choice on the menu.
Thank you for taking the time to review Croft House. We pride ourselves on the level of care that we give and we are pleased that you choose Croft House as your preferred home.
My father-in-law has been in Croft House since February this year and I can say that the staff and management really go out of their way to accommodate his needs. The management is very hands-on and supports all staff members. Everyone is under a lot of stress at the moment due lockdown but nothing is too much for them.
Thank you for taking the time to review Croft House. It is our pleasure to care for your father-in-law and it’s lovely to know that you appreciate what we do. Should there be anything we can assist you with then please feel free to contact us.
Regulatory Rating
Care Quality Commission (CQC) Rating
Date: 19 February 2026Good
- CaringGood
- EffectiveGood
- ResponsiveGood
- SafeGood
- Well-ledGood
Inspection ratings
We rate most services according to how safe, effective, caring, responsive and well-led they are, using four levels:
- Outstanding - The service is performing exceptionally well.
- Good - The service is performing well and meeting our expectations.
- Requires Improvement - The service isn't performing as well as it should and we have told the service how it must improve.
- Inadequate - The service is performing badly and we've taken action against the person or organisation that runs it.
- Not rated - we have not yet rated this area of the service, this is normally because the assessments we have carried out have been focused on other key questions.
Bed Vacancies
1 Bed Vacancy
Posted: 09 August 2026Croft House warmly welcome those with a range of nursing and residential care needs.
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Awards / Recognitions (8)
- 30 Jan 2026Recipient: Bupa Care Homes
- 31 Jan 2025Recipient: Bupa Care Homes
- 28 Feb 2023Recipient: Bupa Care Homes
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