Primley House Care Home

Primley House offers high-quality residential care in a comfortable and homely setting. A focus on personalised care, providing the amenities and support needed to ensure every resident’s well-being and comfort. From tastefully decorated rooms to nutritious meals and engaging activities, prioritising each resident’s individual needs and preferences.

Commitment to excellence is upheld through regular quality assessments and inspections, ensuring consistently high standards of care. At Primley House, the team is dedicated to creating a caring, enriching environment where residents feel valued, supported, and part of a close-knit community.

Primley House was built in the early 18th Century and purchased in the early 20th Centry by Herbert Whitley, the creator of Paignton Zoo.

He spent considerable time and effort growing a collection of animals and plants, many of which were kept at Primley House.

With a growing private collection Mr Whitley agreed to take all the animals from Chessington Zoo when they needed to evacuate with the onset of the second world war. Expanding across the road from the original house, the zoo opened to the public in 1923 as Primley Zoological Gardens.   

It is said that after clashes with the Inland Revenue over his refusal to collect 'entertainment tax' he closed the zoo, re-opening after the second world war as Paignton Zoo.