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Lime Tree House offers 24-hour care for all residents. All staff have regular in-house training, NVQ training and attend courses relevant to care of the elderly.
Lime Tree House has 30 bedrooms, all are ensuite. Lime Tree House has a pleasant lounge and dining room overlooking...
Care Provided by Lime Tree House
Primary Care Categories
- Older Person Care
Length of Stay
- Permanent Care
- Respite Care
Care Types Provided
- Residential Care
- For a maximum of 30 Service Users
Other Care Provided
- Day Care
Facilities
- Pet Friendly (or by arrangement)
- Close to Local shops
- Near Public Transport
- Minibus or other transport
- Lift
- Wheelchair Access
- Ground Floor Accommodation only
- Gardens
- Phone Point in own room
- Television point in own room
- Residents Internet Access
Funding & Fees
Weekly Charges per Person
The price(s) shown are provided by the care home. Contact Lime Tree House for full pricing details and T&Cs.
Contact Lime Tree 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)
Good to Know
Group / Owner
- Southcare Homes
- Private Owned
Person in charge
- Stacey Davis (Care Home Manager)
Local Authority / Social Services
Admission Information
- Ages 65+
Care Home Design/Build
- Purpose Built: No
- Last Refurbishment: 2014
- Number of floors: 2
Room Information
- Single Rooms (30)
- Single Rooms with ensuite Wet Room (3)
Visiting
- Please call the Lime Tree House main telephone number or email to arrange a visit.
Parking
- On-site parking is available.
Lime Tree House Reviews (56)
Lime Tree House has a Review Score of 9.5 (9.524) out of 10, based on 8 reviews in the last 2 years.
Over all time Lime Tree House has 56 reviews.
The management and staff were very accommodating to organise emergency, short stay. Communication and updates were easy to access. The staff were always friendly and welcoming. The room was very clean and bright.
Thank you for your positive review, it was a pleasure having your Dad stay with us on respite for a short time. I will pass your comments onto my team.
My mother has been living at Lime Tree House for over three years now, and has been looked after very well. She likes lots of company and would have been very lonely living in her previous flat if she had been able to stay there. The staff have been friendly and caring and worked very hard during the pandemic, for which we are most grateful. The residents were well catered for and entertained at Christmas, and my mother was happy to be there.
As always we will pass your positive review onto the staff team.
Throughout the covid situation, the staff kept the home as safe as possible with care and attention to testing and monitoring. When it became possible to resume opening to visitors we were made to feel welcome and communication between residents, staff, and relatives is good.
There is a good sense of community in the home.
Thank you very much for your kind comments! We will pass on your glowing review to our team who will really appreciate this. We are looking forward to the warmer weather too and we're doing our best to keep a bright and cheerful routine that keeps everyone smiling. Thanks again.
All the staff at Lime Tree are incredibly kind and caring towards her and we are kept well informed if any problems arise. They have gone out of their way to ensure she remains safe and encourage us to make her room homely
When we visit, she will always say how lucky she is and how lovely the staff are. They have a good activities program to cater for multiple tastes, which residents can join in with if they wish.
We have also found the staff to be very friendly towards us and very approachable if we have any concerns.
Thank you Carol for your wonderful review, your Mum is very much a part of our Lime Tree Family, we will pass your kind comments onto the staff team
My mother entered the home two weeks ago. The staff have been wonderful and made her most welcome. In my mother's words, "I have no complaints".
Thank you, Graham, for your kind words; your Mother is a wonderful addition to Lime Tree House. As always, we will share your positive review with the team.
My great-grandma lives in Lime Tree and although during the pandemic there wasn’t much to do, she and most of Lime Tree and have constant checkups. The staff also give the residents free time to spend alone or with friends. I think we are so lucky to have Lime Tree House.
Thank you for your kind words; in times like this means a lot to us. At Lime Tree House, we offer person-centred care and activities. Each individual is unique, and as such, we support and encourage decision making and independence. This is their home, and ultimately they can choose the...
This is a very comfortable and caring home with superb management and care staff who have given me both close friendship and encouragement in and human rights. This home is giving me the highest of life in my autumn years.
Thank you Lime Tree House.
Thank you for your kind words and for taking the time to write this review. We are delighted to have you here at Lime Tree House and happy to know that our dedication and work makes a difference and supports your independence. Also would like to thank you on behalf of all our...
I have always found the staff at Lime Tree to be extremely helpful. They are very easy to approach when trying to sort out problems with loved ones and are very respectful. In the short time my mother has been living there, she has received a huge amount of day to day medical treatment. They try very hard to make sure that everyone's mental health is taken care of, arranging numerous activities weekly.
Thank you for your fantastic review - we are delighted that you have taken the time to share your thoughts! Thank you for all your proactive support of the care your mum receives here with us at Lime Tree House. Your words are so valuable to us as they reflect the service we provide and help us identify areas where we can improve. I will share this with the team, they'll be very happy.
Mum has lived at Lime Tree House for over 5 years now. The care given by the team at Lime Tree House is first class and, as Mum's frailty has increased over time, the support given to her and our family has adapted accordingly. Mum is well cared for and safe, she is looked after with dignity and respect and she is relaxed and happy. Her, and family, wishes are sought, communication is good, there is a range of daily activities that Mum can get involved in should she choose to and her quality of life and choices are important to the team. Lime Tree House is very much Mum's 'home', not just the place where Mum lives. Thank you team.
Thank you for the glowing review. We really appreciate your comments and are happy we can be there for your mum. Lime Tree really is her home - we just work in it - and do all we can to give each of our residents a sense of independence and belonging. We're happy that comes across so clearly....
Mum moved to Lime Tree House in January when her previous care home had to close. She is really happy. Lime Tree House have erected a visiting "pod" in the garden which enables me to see and talk to Mum through a perspex partition. She loves the staff and the care they provide, enjoys her meals and is very happy with her accommodation. All of the staff I have spoken to are fabulous. I receive regular personal updates on planned activities. I cannot speak highly enough of Lime Tree House.
Thank you very much for your review. We really love hearing from relatives, and we're glad your mum is enjoying life here and happy we can try and include you in her life with the personal updates. Your mum is a joy to be around and we look forward to welcoming you back for another visit with her soon! Thanks again for your kind words, I will pass them onto the team.
I find being able to talk to my sister quietly in one of the 3 lounges very restful and a bonus when they always offer me a cup of tea and a cake.
I was overwhelmed by my treatment at Lime Tree it exceeded my expectations by a large margin. When my time comes to needing permanent residential care Lime Tree House will be my first choice without a doubt.
I needed respite acre following major surgery. The wonderful care I had exceeded all my expectations. Everything was excellent in every way. The kindness and care from the exemplary standard set by the managers were followed by every other person working in Lime Tree House. My husband and I were very impressed by the number of times the managers walked the job.
My father was a resident in this care home for nearly two years. At the ages of 99 to 101, he received good care and was very happy here. It was always a pleasure to visit a very friendly place.
Highly recommended care home. Top-quality management and staff provided. An all-round professional care facility. Our father was considerably well cared for at Lime Tree House for two years with both respect and dignity. The staff are very personable and have a close rapport with all residents and family/friends.
The reviews are highly appreciated. We do our very best to give the care, respect, dignity and love for all service users we care for and to extend this to their loved ones. Thank you so much for the review. Happy home!
I have a long association with Lime Tree House, visiting a relation and various friends who have stayed there. The manager is very helpful and the staff team are all very kind and caring to the residents. They go out of their way to improve the quality of life for the people who are living there.
My husband was a resident in Lime Tree House for about 2 years 2 months. He was very well cared for by the manager and care staff.
I am delighted to have been able to move my mother into the holistic care of these wonderful people at Lime Tree House and we, as a family, will always look back at the twelve weeks Mum was cared for here with huge gratitude and appreciation.
Mum was clearly very happy at Lime Tree House and enjoyed the friendliness and warmth of all who offer such outstanding love and care.
Our mother is very happy here. We find the atmosphere is welcoming and relaxed. It feels like a family home, not like an institution. The interior is attractive with a light and airy feel. The rooms are pleasant and the cleanliness is good. There is a very good relationship with families, who can come and go and take their relatives out easily. The carers/staff are lovely, very attentive, friendly and helpful. Our mum receives excellent care and all necessary safety measures are provided. Good range of activities. The number of residents ideal, not too many or too few, each are appreciated and respected individually. Food and drink good and generous. The manager is excellent and generates a warm friendly ethos. All much appreciated.
We are one big family at Lime Tree House. We treated them individually with kindness, respect, love and care. The residents are important to us as well as their families. I am happy that the family feels that this is a family home. The trust and confidence given to us to care for their loved ones gave us the inspiration, courage and energy to do our job.
My mum has only been here for respite for 18 days and as I live in Derbyshire, I have only had two brief visits, to bring my mum in and to collect her today. My impressions personally and I believe from my conversations with mum, is that she has enjoyed and benefitted from being there.
Respite and long-term stay under our care makes no difference. They are all treated with kindness, respect, love and care. Members of the family are always welcome.
Regulatory Rating
Care Quality Commission (CQC) Rating
Date: 05 January 2023Good
- CaringGood
- EffectiveGood
- ResponsiveGood
- SafeGood
- Well-ledGood
Inspection ratings
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- 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
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News (8) & Events (0)
- 17 Dec 2025
??????limetreehouse residents enjoyed visiting St Marys ringmer on Saturday to see the Christmas tree festival. The church was bustling & beautiful, and the trees all looked great! We were proud...
- 14 Nov 2025
#limetreehouse marked #ArmisticeDay today, observing the 2 minute silence at 11am for all those who wished to take part. On Saturday we made a piece of collaborative art work, residents...
- 22 Oct 2025
??????Halloween competition time at Lime Tree House - just guess the number of pumpkin sweets in the jar; the closest guess wins the sweets! Open to all our residents, staff,...
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Accreditations
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Meet the Team (3)

I’ve been a part of the Southcare family for 17 years and have a high regard for the proprietors, both personally and professionally – they truly know how to care. The entire Southcare family and all of us at Lime Tree treat our residents like family and that extends to their loved ones as well. We do our very utmost to ensure they receive the best care. Most elderly ones do not like change and that’s why we like to offer our residents a home for life, hoping that Lime Tree House will always be their home, like a Home away from Home

What makes me happy? Knowing that I made the difference at the end of the day and that they are looked after well."

Hi, I'm Emily,
I started at Lime Tree House in March 2022 as Head Housekeeper, I take pride in my work and have built a strong team around me who supports me in the Housekeeping Department, keeping the home in high standards of cleanliness and following strict infection control procedures. Staff are always friendly and the thing I like about working at the home is being part of a dedicated team and also interacting with all our lovely residents.
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