The staff, in all roles, work as a dedicated, cheerful team providing the very best all-round careJ H(Daughter of Resident/Service User)
The staff, in all roles, work as a dedicated, cheerful team providing the very best all-round careJ H(Daughter of Resident/Service User)
The Care Quality Commission rated Cornelius House Outstanding overall (report published October 2026), with Outstanding ratings for both Caring and Well-led.
Cornelius House is a boutique residential care home in Chichester, offering highly attentive, personalised care within a beautifully restored Victorian property.
With just 20 residents, Cornelius House is intentionally small. This allows the team to provide a level of attention, consistency, and understanding that larger homes cannot match. Every resident...
The Care Quality Commission rated Cornelius House Outstanding overall (report published October 2026), with Outstanding ratings for both Caring and Well-led.
Cornelius House is a boutique residential care home in Chichester, offering highly attentive, personalised care within a beautifully restored Victorian property.
With just 20 residents, Cornelius House is intentionally small. This allows the team to provide a level of attention, consistency, and understanding that larger homes cannot match. Every resident is truly known—their routines, preferences, and the small details that make them who they are.
The approach to care at Cornelius House is both warm and proactive. The team focuses on noticing early changes, understanding individual needs, and acting quickly to ensure residents remain safe, comfortable, and well supported. Families often remark that this provides something invaluable—real peace of mind.
At Cornelius House, the belief is that moving into a care home should not mean leaving life behind. Residents are supported to continue living in ways that feel familiar and meaningful, whether maintaining daily routines, enjoying one-to-one time, or taking part in regular outings using the home's minibus.
The home offers a calm, welcoming environment with character, warmth, and carefully designed spaces that feel comfortable and non-institutional. Combined with a high staff-to-resident ratio and low staff turnover, this creates a setting where residents feel secure, settled, and genuinely at home.
The team also works closely with families, providing clear communication and reassurance every step of the way.
At its heart, Cornelius House is a place where nothing is missed, and where life continues.
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Cornelius House has a Review Score of 9.7 (9.744) out of 10, based on 11 reviews in the last 2 years.
Over all time Cornelius House has 50 reviews.
This is a pleasure to be treated so well and consistently.
This is a pleasure to be treated so well and consistently.
I was warmly welcomed and given a clean, pleasant room with views over the garden. The washing facilities were cramped. The staff were kind, helpful and very nice. It was my first experience of a care home and I was pleasantly surprised, but I missed the freedom of my own home. However, the...
I was warmly welcomed and given a clean, pleasant room with views over the garden. The washing facilities were cramped. The staff were kind, helpful and very nice. It was my first experience of a care home and I was pleasantly surprised, but I missed the freedom of my own home. However, the atmosphere was warm and very friendly.
After a year-long illness involving a stroke which left my son with Aphasia (unable to speak), I was not very happy with the idea of him going into a care home at the age of 37, but how wrong was I? The manager and the team at HHH excelled at taking care of him to the point of spoiling him rotten!...
After a year-long illness involving a stroke which left my son with Aphasia (unable to speak), I was not very happy with the idea of him going into a care home at the age of 37, but how wrong was I? The manager and the team at HHH excelled at taking care of him to the point of spoiling him rotten! They went above and beyond in all aspects of his care. I am certain that their encouragement helped him improve especially his speech. As his mum, a great weight was lifted from my shoulders when I saw the care he was getting. I cannot thank you enough!
My father spent the last 14/15 months of his life at Cornelius House. We were so impressed with the level of care and compassion he received from staff whilst he was there. The staff always had time for him and ensured he was kept clean and comfortable. A wide range of activities were arranged...
My father spent the last 14/15 months of his life at Cornelius House. We were so impressed with the level of care and compassion he received from staff whilst he was there. The staff always had time for him and ensured he was kept clean and comfortable. A wide range of activities were arranged during the week. The management of the home were extremely professional and nothing was too much trouble for them.
Cornelius House really felt like a "home" for my father and my mother who visited him regularly. Towards the end of my father's life, the level of care and dignity shown to my father and the wider family was exceptional. We will always treasure those memories and the effort made by Cornelius House to ensure he was able to die peacefully at "home" at Cornelius. We are so grateful to Cornelius, the managers and all the staff. We would un-hastingly recommend Cornelius House.
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With all the adverse stories in the news about care homes, time needs to be taken to show how wonderful many homes are - namely Cornelius House.
My husband has been a resident of 'Cornelius House' for over a year. In that time, his health has deteriorated. That was to be expected as he has had long-term prostate cancer with complications. With his loss of strength, his care has certainly been stepped up with him being moved to a more...
My husband has been a resident of 'Cornelius House' for over a year. In that time, his health has deteriorated. That was to be expected as he has had long-term prostate cancer with complications. With his loss of strength, his care has certainly been stepped up with him being moved to a more suitable room and change of bed. The staff are now feeding him as this is necessary. They are always cheerful and patient with him. Until fairly recently he was able to spend time in one of the lounges where there are often things going on, but I'm afraid his health no longer allows this. As well as looking after my husband, they are very caring towards me as I visit often and have lunch on Sundays. I'll not only miss my husband when he leaves this world, I'll also miss the staff.
My Aunt deliberately chose this home and never regretted her choice. She entered into the spirit of the entertainment offered and enjoyed...
If I lived closer, I'd put myself on the waiting list.
The staff at Cornelius House are quite exceptional in their care and concern and friendliness. The management are capable and cope well with emergencies as well as with the general operation. My Aunt did well to choose Cornelius House.
The staff at Cornelius House are quite exceptional in their care and concern and friendliness. The management are capable and cope well with emergencies as well as with the general operation. My Aunt did well to choose Cornelius House.
My mother has lived at Cornelius House for 18 months now, and loves it. I was a local GP for many years, so I know all the care homes in the area well, and knew that Cornelius House was the best by a long way. When it came to looking for a place for my mother to move to, there was therefore only...
My mother has lived at Cornelius House for 18 months now, and loves it. I was a local GP for many years, so I know all the care homes in the area well, and knew that Cornelius House was the best by a long way. When it came to looking for a place for my mother to move to, there was therefore only one choice, and we were lucky that they happened to have a vacancy at the right time. I am constantly impressed by the love, consideration and care my mother receives there, the kindness of the staff, and the huge range of activities, events and entertainments that are arranged for the residents. I feel it is exceptional, and that all the staff from the Matron down, genuinely care for the residents, and do all they can to provide a stimulating, loving, family environment for those they are looking after.
I have worked at Cornelius for several years as a Complimentary Therapist, so I have lots of comments from the residents about Cornelius. Every resident has some things to say as to how a place should be run but they all agree that Cornelius is the best place to be. They all enjoy the activities,...
What else can one say but I would move in when I reach a certain age!
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I have worked in Health & Social Care for over 20 years and joined Cornelius House permanently last September as their Care Manager. Since leaving...
I have worked in Health & Social Care for over 20 years and joined Cornelius House permanently last September as their Care Manager. Since leaving school, I have always worked in caring roles but gained my passion for working with the elderly when I returned to work as a care assistant in the community after having my children, working my way up into managerial roles.
I have a strong commitment to ensuring that our residents at Cornelius are enabled to have the best quality of life possible, ensuring that both their physical and psychological well-being are as important as each other. Our mantra is that if we look after the physical health, we are also looking after the psychological health and vice versa.
As a manager, I see my role as supporting my team to achieve the vision and goals of the home. We pride ourselves on creating a ‘home from home’ atmosphere, where everyone is part of the Cornelius family.
The last six months have been a time of transition for Cornelius, but with the support of the staff, residents and their families we have achieved so much in a short space of time. I can say with a strong conviction that I am proud of everyone involved and proud to be part of the team.
Here at Cornelius House, it is like one big family, with our residents and staff, it’s a home away from home, and I really enjoy working here at...
Here at Cornelius House, it is like one big family, with our residents and staff, it’s a home away from home, and I really enjoy working here at Cornelius.
I have been in care since I was 17. I left school and went to college to study health and social care. I have now been in care for 10 years and intend to stay here for as long as possible, as it is where my passion is.
I started here at Cornelius House in 2018 as a Carer, within 6 months I was promoted to senior and then within the next year, I was made Team Leader and now have progressed to Deputy Manager. I am proud of my progress and the opportunities I have been given within the home.
I have always been passionate about giving the best care to the elderly for their lasting years and making it as special as possible. It is always a pleasure.
As a Deputy Manager, I am proud to say that we have an amazing team that will always jump to support each other, and nothing is too much trouble.
My name is Paul and I have worked at Cornelius House for almost nine years. I started my career on the YTS (Youth Training Scheme) at the end of 1985...
My name is Paul and I have worked at Cornelius House for almost nine years. I started my career on the YTS (Youth Training Scheme) at the end of 1985 at a college in Brighton. I was highly motivated to begin with but after a year or so, I left the catering industry to focus on engineering where I stayed for a number of years.
In the early 90’s I decided to do some travelling in the West Country and settled down in Paignton where I worked in a hotel as a waiter for a few years. After a while I decided to re-engage my love and passion for cooking by accepting my first job in a care home based in Birdham, near Chichester. I had lost a lot of techniques and flair for cooking but with encouragement I gained all of that that back rapidly with my passion for creating a flair for cooking traditional food for elderly residents.
Over the next few years I continued to build my portfolio by incorperating both new and old dishes to menus for all seasons and for all tastes.
In 2012 I joined Cornelius house as a part time chef and after 4 years I took over the as Head Chef with full responsibility of the kitchen. Since James and Gary took over as owers of Cornelius House in late 2020, I was at first a little apprehensive on what was expected of myself. I found out fairly quickly that the commitment that James and Gary have for the residents both at Greensleeves and now Cornelius are second to none. I am now leading a small team where i am managing a handful of dedicted kitchen staff whom also have a passion for caring about the residents dietry needs. As a team I am looking forward to the journey we are undertaking here.
Finally, a chef, no matter how good I can be, it's not good cooking for yourself; the joy is in cooking for others...it’s the same with music. To me, there's no passionate chef without a great team.
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