
Brunel is an exceptional care home, made extra special by the fantastic staff and management team.L E(Daughter of Resident/Service User)

We love going to the entertainments and making memories with dad.Carole H(Daughter of Resident/Service User)

from being very frail and ill when she moved in, she has had a new lease of life and feels happySally R(Daughter of Resident/Service User)

Brunel is an exceptional care home, made extra special by the fantastic staff and management team.L E(Daughter of Resident/Service User)

We love going to the entertainments and making memories with dad.Carole H(Daughter of Resident/Service User)

from being very frail and ill when she moved in, she has had a new lease of life and feels happySally R(Daughter of Resident/Service User)

Brunel House Care Home is located in the picturesque village of Box, just off London Road. Brunel House is close to all the amenities in nearby Corsham and just five miles away from the Georgian city of Bath. With superb transport links, the home is easily accessible for visitors from all over the country.
The home provides luxurious five star accommodation for 65 elderly people and specialises in nursing, residential and...
Care Provided by Brunel House
Primary Care Categories
- Older Person Care
- Dementia
- Mental Health Condition
- Physical Disability
Length of Stay
- Permanent Care
- Respite Care
Care Types Provided
- Residential Care
- Nursing Care
- Dementia Residential Care
- Dementia Nursing Care
- For a maximum of 65 Service Users
Dementia Care TypesMild Dementia
Someone living with our definition of "mild dementia" might experience some or all of the following:
- Memory problems such as misplacing items and not be able to recall recent events (however, in some forms of dementia a person's memory may be unchanged)
- Difficulties thinking through problems and planning, making decisions
- Language and communication issues such as finding it difficult to recall the appropriate word in a conversation or following a conversation
- Poor orientation, getting lost in areas previously familiar to them
- Difficulty judging distances (more falls than usual)
- Changes in their normal mood including anxiety and depression
- In certain types of dementia, personality and behaviour changes may be present alongside or instead of issues with memory or concentration.
Moderate Dementia
Someone living with our definition of "moderate dementia" might experience some or all of the following:
- Worsened memory problems. Not always recognising own family members and friends. Repeating the same questions over and over again
- Worsened language and communication issues, forgetting what they are saying mid-sentence. Not being able to understand what someone else is saying
- More frequent confusion, e.g. about the time of day or where they are, including their own home
- Apathy, depression and anxiety
- Believing things that aren't true (paranoia)
- Frequent hallucinations
- Lack of emotional control, quick to anger, fearfulness, sadness
- Loss of inhibition
- Difficulties sleeping or waking during the night and behaving as though it is daytime - loss of circadian rhythm.
Advanced Dementia
Someone living with our definition of "severe dementia" might experience some or all of the following:
- Severe memory problems. Not recognising family members and friends. Not being able to recall their own name
- Severe language and communication issues, not being able to understand what someone else is saying
- Severe confusion, e.g. about the time of day or where they are, including their own home
- Apathy, depression and anxiety
- Believing things that aren't true (paranoia)
- Frequent hallucinations
- Lack of emotional control, quick to anger, fearfulness, sadness
- Loss of inhibition
- Difficulties sleeping or waking during the night and behaving as though it is daytime - loss of circadian rhythm.
Verbally or physically aggressive behaviour
If your loved one displays this type of behaviour you may need a care home that has specially trained staff. Verbal/physical aggression is often defined:
- Consistent shouting and screaming
- Verbal abuse
- Physical abuse
How we define Dementia Care Types
Mild Dementia
Someone living with our definition of "mild dementia" might experience some or all of the following:
- Memory problems such as misplacing items and not be able to recall recent events (however, in some forms of dementia a person's memory may be unchanged)
- Difficulties thinking through problems and planning, making decisions
- Language and communication issues such as finding it difficult to recall the appropriate word in a conversation or following a conversation
- Poor orientation, getting lost in areas previously familiar to them
- Difficulty judging distances (more falls than usual)
- Changes in their normal mood including anxiety and depression
- In certain types of dementia, personality and behaviour changes may be present alongside or instead of issues with memory or concentration.
Moderate Dementia
Someone living with our definition of "moderate dementia" might experience some or all of the following:
- Worsened memory problems. Not always recognising own family members and friends. Repeating the same questions over and over again
- Worsened language and communication issues, forgetting what they are saying mid-sentence. Not being able to understand what someone else is saying
- More frequent confusion, e.g. about the time of day or where they are, including their own home
- Apathy, depression and anxiety
- Believing things that aren't true (paranoia)
- Frequent hallucinations
- Lack of emotional control, quick to anger, fearfulness, sadness
- Loss of inhibition
- Difficulties sleeping or waking during the night and behaving as though it is daytime - loss of circadian rhythm.
Advanced Dementia
Someone living with our definition of "severe dementia" might experience some or all of the following:
- Severe memory problems. Not recognising family members and friends. Not being able to recall their own name
- Severe language and communication issues, not being able to understand what someone else is saying
- Severe confusion, e.g. about the time of day or where they are, including their own home
- Apathy, depression and anxiety
- Believing things that aren't true (paranoia)
- Frequent hallucinations
- Lack of emotional control, quick to anger, fearfulness, sadness
- Loss of inhibition
- Difficulties sleeping or waking during the night and behaving as though it is daytime - loss of circadian rhythm.
Verbally or physically aggressive behaviour
If your loved one displays this type of behaviour you may need a care home that has specially trained staff. Verbal/physical aggression is often defined:
- Consistent shouting and screaming
- Verbal abuse
- Physical abuse
How we define Dementia Care Types
- Mild Dementia
- Moderate Dementia
- Advanced/Complex Dementia
Other Care Provided
- Parkinson's Disease
- Stroke
- Palliative / End of Life Care
- Convalescent Care
- Day Care
Facilities
- Own Furniture if required
- Pet Friendly (or by arrangement)
- Smoking not permitted
- Close to Local shops
- Near Public Transport
- Minibus or other transport
- Lift
- Wheelchair Access
- Gardens
- Bar/Café
- Phone Point in own room
- Television point in own room
- Residents Internet Access
Funding & Fees
Weekly Charges per Person
Prices are subject to an individual care needs assessment and the type of room and services chosen. Please contact us for further information.
The price(s) shown are provided by the care home. Contact Brunel House for full pricing details and T&Cs.
Contact Brunel 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)
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
- Maria Mallaband Care Group Ltd
- Private Owned
Person in charge
- Xyza Macutay-Malloch(Care Home Manager)
Local Authority / Social Services
Admission Information
- Ages 65+
Care Home Design/Build
- Purpose Built: Yes
- Year Purpose Built: -1
- Last Refurbishment: -1
Room Information
- Single Rooms (65)
Visiting
- No restriction on visiting hours.
Parking
- On site parking available.
Brunel House Reviews (95)
Brunel House has a Review Score of 9.6 (9.648) out of 10, based on 31 reviews in the last 2 years.
Over all time Brunel House has 95 reviews.
As a frequent visitor to Brunel House I have always found it welcoming and friendly with a relaxed atmosphere. The staff are very warm and helpful and seem happy to be working there, and are always happy to help.
Thank you so much for your kind words and for taking time to leave a review. We're truly grateful for your feedback and delighted to hear your positive experience with our team at Brunel House. It means a great deal to our team to know their hard work and dedication are making a difference.
Also has added bonus of seperate nursing floor as well as residential
Thank you very much for your kind words and thoughtful feedback. It means a great deal to the team to know that you feel confident and reassured about the care your mum is receiving from us. Brunel House is committed to provide a safe, respectful and supportive environment for all our residents, and it is rewarding to hear that our efforts are making a positive difference.
My sister and I, we are very happy with the staff, we think she's well looked after, we can get a cup of tea when we want one; there is a lot of activities she could partisipate in if she wanted to.
Thank you so much for your kind words. It's always encouraging to hear that our efforts are recognised. Our team works hard every day to ensure our residents feel safe, valued, and well cared for - thank you for reminding us why we do what we do.
The staff here are brilliant! My friend was admitted as an emergency on a weekend and was welcomed with open arms and looked after really well. Can't fault the staff. Admin, nurses, catering and cleaning staff all went out of their way to make his stay as comfortable as possible.
Thank you so much for your kind words and for taking time to leave a review. We're truly grateful for your feedback and delighted to hear you and your friend had positive experience with our team at Brunel House on admission. Providing compassionate, high-quality care is at the heart of everything we do , and the team will be delighted to hear this.
It has been a huge relief to us, her family, to see how well she is looked after; with respect, patience, understanding and kindness and we feel we could not have chosen a better home for her.
She often joins in the daily activities that are provided at Brunel House and is able to voice her opinion and contribute to ideas such as menus, trips out etc. at the frequent residents' meetings that are held.
The staff here try very hard to enhance the outdoor space for the residents with a gardening club, flower planting etc. and if I have any niggles it would be that I think they should be more supported from the home's headquarters with a proper gardener on site for regular maintenance.
Otherwise, wonderful!
Thank you so much for your kind words and for taking time to leave a review. We're truly grateful for your feedback and delighted to hear your positive experience with our team at Brunel House. Providing compassionate, high-quality care is at the heart of everything we do , and your support means...
The care and attention given to my mother in law has been excellent. Despite being bed bound the staff have shown her immense care and attention and talk to her to make her feel special. They treat her with dignity and respect. They make the time to talk to her. The food is excellent and my mother in law always looks forward to a cake in the afternoon.
Thank you so much for your kind words and for taking time to leave a review. We're truly grateful for your feedback and delighted to hear your positive experience with our team at Brunel House. It means a great deal to our team to know their hard work and dedication are making a difference.
The staff are always's helpful + personable always putting visitors at ease. Good to hear from my mother when she say's that she is comfortable, safe and well cared for.
Thank you so much for your kind words and for taking time to leave a review.We aim to provide compassionate and high-quality care to all our residents at Brunel House. We will be sure to share your comments with our staff!
The more for my mother into Brunel House was very smooth with a big emphasis on ensuring my mothers new room felt like home. My mother has settled in well and we are grateful for the support and care she receives The staff are always friendly, compassionate and dedicated. The communication between the home and ourselves is excellent. The activities programme is outstanding and well organised ensuring a positive impact on my mothers well being.
Thank you so much for your kind words and for taking time to leave a review. We're truly grateful for your feedback and delighted to hear that you had a positive experience with our team at Brunel House. Providing compassionate, high-quality care is at the heart of everything we do , and your...
He has settled in well and is always telling me how kind everyone is. As a family we really appreciate how well Dad's individual needs have been met and the continuous programme of activities and support available to support him with his dementia.
Thank you very much for your lovely review. It has been an absolute pleasure having your Dad as a resident of the home. The team pride themselves on their dementia care and I will pass on your kind words to them, they are very much appreciated!
Now our dad has been moved floors, he's so much happier, he has the garden to look at through the window, staff on that floor seem to have more time for Dad, he's eating well and sleeping better. Can't thank Brunel House staff enough for what they are doing, lovely care home.
Thank you so much for your kind words and positive review, I am really pleased that Dad has also settled in well on the new unit. Your feedback is appreciated and valuable in making sure we provide the highest standards of care to our residents.
Maintenance could be improved of the building, especially the exterior and garden.
My mother has had to go into residential care and we could not have chosen a better place for her. The staff are friendly and welcoming, the rooms are comfortable and clean, Mum says the food is delicious, and nothing is too much trouble. Mum has settled really well, is joining in with the activities (despite not being a very sociable person!) and has made new friends. As a family, we have felt very well supported and all the staff have been so kind and helpful. We cannot rate the team and facilities at Brunel House highly enough.
My mum was a resident for just over 6 months. Her dementia had got to the stage where it was no longer safe for her to live in her own home. She was admitted to Brunel straight from hospital. She had a lovely room on the 1 st floor, and it was always clean and tidy. My mum could be a challenge at times but she seemed very settled here, and I knew that she was safe and secure 24 hours a day. The care ,support and encouragement from the staff was excellent. All the staff I encountered were always friendly and informative, and were on hand when I needed an update on mums continuing health or concerns.
Completely love what Brunel is all about - the staff care level is perfect! Like everyone in the industry, there are occasional staffing level issues, but all the staff are faultless. They have all contributed to a superb quality of life for my crazy aunt; the staff have to put up with her! We all have absolute faith in Brunel's ability to deliver on promises, and they have consistently done so over the last 18 months - she looks ten years younger! We would never consider moving her; she is very happy and settled and continues to get up mischief. A massive thank you to Brunel for everything! Well done guys; thank you so much.
We have been very pleased with the care support my father-in-law and our family have received in Brunel House Care Home. The member of staff in reception is outstanding always welcoming, considerate and helpful. The care staff are very friendly and caring to my father-in-law and welcoming to all members of our family.
Over the past 15 years I have spent most of my time in 5 different care homes as one family member after another has succumbed to dementia and I have to say Brunel is the best, by far.
Also, there is potential for residents to leave the home and staff would not know where they are.
Thank you for taking the time to leave this review and I’m sorry you felt some areas were not up to the standard that you would expect. We do have several people living with us who like to spend time in the reception area, so the door into the main part of the home is not always locked during...
Thank you to all the Brunel House Care Home staff.
Throughout my brother's stay at Brunel House, I have found his care to be faultless. He was always clean and his room was tidy. Everyone was very friendly and helpful and there was never a care home whiff that I recall in other establishments! I always recall his first phone conversation after he moved in... "I have lots of friends here, we have a really good time". It would be difficult to overstate my relief and gratitude when I heard this. He stayed with you for three and a half years... Thank you so much!
Second time for respite care, which speaks of our high regard for Brunel House. My husband was treated with dignity and respect. He loves the food and the friendly atmosphere. He was so well looked-after that we shall return.
What a glowing review! Thank you so very much, I will be sure to pass your kind words on to the team. It is always our pleasure to welcome your husband to Brunel House, he's such a lovely man.
Regulatory Rating
Care Quality Commission (CQC) Rating
Date: 15 August 2025Good
- 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.
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Awards / Recognitions (6)
- 24 Sep 2021Recipient: Brunel House
- 28 Feb 2019Recipient: Maria Mallaband Care Group Ltd
- 01 Apr 2017Recipient: Maria Mallaband Care Group Ltd
Meet the Team (7)

Xyza (Xam) is the Home Manager at Brunel House. She joined MMCG in 2024 as a Senior Operations Manager and was offered the role in Brunel House in January.
She qualified as a nurse in the Philippines and moved to the UK in 2009 to work in social care. In 2017, she was promoted to a Home Manager role at Kingsley House in Tetbury. She was honoured to be awarded the British Empire Medal in 2021 for her service during the Covid pandemic.
When Sam is not at work, she is very active in the community as a Parish Councillor in Tetbury and is the Co-Founder and Director for 'Philipinos in Care', looking after pastoral needs and organising social events.

She qualified as an RGN in Bristol and has worked in Southampton, Bath and was a District Nurse before joining Dorothy House.
In her spare time, she enjoys walking her dog and watching her son play football on the sidelines, even when the weather is blustery.

Milan has been at Brunel House since 2024 as a bank nurse and was promoted to Clinical Lead in 2025.
She qualified as a nurse in 2013 in Oxford, and practiced in Frimley Park Hospital where she achieved promotions to Junior Sister and Practice Development Nurse. She moved to Great Western Hospital in Swindon alongside being a bank nurse at Brunel House.
Outside of work, she spends time with her young children, trains for half marathons and enjoys travelling the globe.

I love interacting with the residents at Brunel House as I carry out my administration duties. I provide support to the Home Manager, Deputy Manager, relatives and residents, as well as other departments within the home.
My biggest achievement whilst working here has been understanding the payroll admin, because it was very difficult to get to grips with. It felt like learning a foreign language!
When I'm not at work, I like to spend time with family and friends; we go to the cinema or to the races.

I've worked at Brunel House since 2016. I enjoy working in Reception and meeting all the relatives (they actually become friends after a while).
I have met a lot of very interesting people and shared many ups and downs with them. I believe it's nice to see a friendly face when you walk into the home and try to give a happy vibe to visitors.
I also get the chance to make friends with a lot of the residents and help them in whatever way I can.I work with a lot of very nice, caring people of all age groups- I like that, especially as I am one of the oldest members of staff!

Hi, my name is Stacy and I am the Dementia Ambassador at Brunel House. My role as an ambassador is to promote person-centred care of the highest standard. I have recently qualified as a trainer with the Alzheimer's Society, this will play a key role in raising awareness and understanding of dementia, and make a positive difference to our residents by empowering our team to develop good practice.
I have worked within the care sector for 19 years and have been at Brunel House since 2013. Whilst at Brunel House I trained as a Care Practitioner and have also worked as an Activities coordinator.
Delivering activities and social events remains a big part of who I am. To make someone smile or hear them laugh, to be the person who has brightened someone's day, to be the ears to listen and the arms that comfort, to redirect thoughts and feelings that may shadow them at times: this is the best feeling in the world.
I live locally with my husband and two daughters. Family is everything to me and we spend our spare time creating cherished memories.

Iesha started work at Brunel House in 2016 as a Health Care Assistant and progressed her career within Brunel House as a Senior Care Assistant in 2019 and from 2022 as a Care Practitioner.
She is passionate about her role and particularly loves spending time with the residents, whether that is just having a chat or sharing a joke and a laugh. She is also keen that the team build good relationships with the relatives, whether they can visit the home regularly or live further away.
In her spare time, Iesha likes to go on 'adventures' - do ask about those when you meet her. She also enjoys playing bingo and spending time with her family.
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