Devonshire House

High Street, Cavendish, Sudbury CO10 8AS
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Devonshire House is located in the pretty village of Cavendish with riverside views, providing quality care and luxurious facilities within a comfortable and relaxing environment. The home continues to welcome new residents for both respite and permanent care. In addition to residential care, they provide care for older people living with dementia.

The home is equipped with stunning facilities for customers to enjoy such as a large conservatory space and cosy quiet lounges, whilst original features such as inglenook fireplaces and beamed ceilings have been preserved.

The home, operated by Anchor, provides residential care which is personally tailored to meet the individual needs of customers and enhance their quality of life. Anchor work with customers and their loved ones to create detailed care plans to ensure each individual’s health and care needs are continually met.

Anchor provides dementia care and offers on-going training to care staff to ensure their approach always reflects best practice.

They are one of England’s largest providers of housing and care for those aged over 55 years and have more than 60 years of experience as a not-for-profit provider of services to older people.

Anchor reinvest the money they make into 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 Devonshire 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 69 Service Users

Dementia Care Types

  • Mild Dementia
  • Moderate Dementia

Other Care Provided

  • Convalescent Care

Facilities

  • Own Furniture if required
  • Close to Local shops
  • Lift
  • Gardens
  • Television point in own room

Funding & Fees What's included?

Weekly Charges per Person

  • Self-Funded Residential Care: from £1518
  • Self-Funded Residential Dementia Care: from £1518
  • RESPITE Self-Funded Residential Care: from £1618
  • RESPITE Self-Funded Residential Dementia Care: from £1618

Fees can vary depending on care needs and other factors. Colleagues at Devonshire House will be happy to discuss our weekly fees with you and what our fees include.

The price(s) shown are provided by the care home. Contact Devonshire House for full pricing details and T&Cs.

Contact Devonshire 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 Devonshire 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

  • Kerry Healy (Manager)

Local Authority / Social Services

Admission Information

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

Care Home Design/Build

  • Purpose Built: No
  • Number of floors: 2

Room Information

  • Single Rooms (68)
  • Single Rooms with Ensuite Wet Room (68)

Visiting

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

Parking

  • There is onsite parking, including disabled spaces.

Devonshire House Reviews (103)

9.8

Devonshire House has a Review Score of 9.8 (9.812) out of 10, based on 20 reviews in the last 2 years.
Over all time Devonshire House has 103 reviews.

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Review from Shirley (Resident) published on 23 November 2015 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Excellent service, all staff.
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Review from Helen P (Niece of Resident) published on 5 November 2015 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Over the last three years, we have had Uncle, and Auntie, in this wonderful place, we visit often, we are always impressed when we visit, everything is tip top, the attention to detail, the great attentive care givers, the ease of access to all staff and management, both in person, by telephone or
email, they are very responsive, they keep you informed about your relatives health, if they have any concerns, they contact you the same day, the ongoing and changing care needs of Auntie, has become complex and time challenging, they master the changing needs with excellence, care, empathy and dignity, we are forever grateful to have enjoyed being part of this lovely oasis.
The Manager is a wonderful person, she identifies your personal needs as well, she is supportive, informative and has helped us as a family through some very difficult times, we cannot express how much this has helped us.
We enjoy all the Open House days and functions, they are well supported and conversations between other family members within Devonshire House brings out everyone's praise for the wonderful location, the staff, the food and the ambiance.
It shows that these places can be a perfect answer to care of our elderly. A great "Well Done"
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Review from Rachel F (Resident) published on 4 November 2015 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 4.0 out of 5
Everything seems to go very well. Food and drink are given with very good satisfaction. Meals are good and usually served well. The staff are good. The food seems to be enjoyed and it is always hot when served.
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Current Review Score: 9.8 (9.812)

Overview of Review Score

The Review Score of 9.8 (9.812) out of 10 for Devonshire House is based on a) the Average Rating and b) the number of positive Reviews.

  1. The Average Rating is 4.8 out of 5 from 20 Reviews in the last 24 months.
  2. The score for the number of positive Reviews is 5.0 out of 5 from 20 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 4.812 for Devonshire House is calculated as follows: ( (196 Excellents x 5) + (32 Goods x 4) + (6 Satisfactorys x 3) ) ÷ 234 Ratings = 4.812
  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 Devonshire House is based on 20 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 69 registered maximum number of service users is 13.8, which has been reached with 20 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: 2 Jul 2025

Overall Good

  • Caring Good
  • Effective Good
  • Responsive Good
  • Safe Good
  • Well-led Requires improvement
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: 27 Apr 2026

We currently have two vacancies for care. Please contact Devonshire House directly for further details.

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