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Located on the Gorse Road, Richard House provides ample parking and is a short drive away from local amenities. The purpose-built, 68-bed home successfully combines modern design with comfortable living, and home boasts spacious bedrooms with ensuite wet room facilities, suites, tea-room, beautiful lounge / dining areas, cinema, library and landscaped garden spaces.
Care Provided by Richard House Care Home
Primary Care Categories
- Older Person Care
- Dementia
- Mental Health Condition
- Physical Disability
- Visual / Hearing Impairment
Length of Stay
- Permanent Care
- Respite Care
Care Types Provided
- Residential Care
- Nursing Care
- Dementia Residential Care
- Dementia Nursing Care
- For a maximum of 68 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
Other Care Provided
- Stroke
- Palliative / End of Life Care
- Convalescent Care
- Day Care
Facilities
- Pet Friendly (or by arrangement)
- Smoking not permitted
- Close to Local shops
- Lift
- Wheelchair Access
- Gardens
- Bar/Café
- Residents Kitchenette
- 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 Richard House Care Home for full pricing details and T&Cs.
Contact Richard House Care Home 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
- Tanglewood Care Homes
- Private Owned
Person in charge
- Jan Gibbs(Manager)
Local Authority / Social Services
Admission Information
- Mixed (no single-gender units)
- Ages 65+
Care Home Design/Build
- Purpose Built: Yes
- Number of floors: 2
Room Information
- Single Rooms (68)
- Single Rooms with ensuite Wet Room (68)
Visiting
- At Tanglewood care homes, no set visiting hours, and believe guests should be welcome at any time.
Parking
- Richard House has onsite parking
Richard House Care Home Reviews (69)
Richard House Care Home has a Review Score of 9.3 (9.291) out of 10, based on 20 reviews in the last 2 years.
Over all time Richard House Care Home has 69 reviews.
From helping with the difficult decision of placing my mum in temporary care, through to the standard of rooms and excellent food, I would have no hesitation in recommending Richard House. (Their activities coordinator deserves a special shout-out).
Thank you for a lovely review. We are so pleased you had a positive experience with us. We look forward to sharing your review with the team.
The staff are warm and welcoming. The facilities are excellent. It is impeccably clean. The managers offered an amazing level of support and answered all queries. Activities leader shared about exciting events planned.
Thank you for your review. Feedback is incredibly important to our team at Richard House. We look forward to sharing this with them.
The home is very good. The food is great. The staff are good and take good care of me.
Thank you for taking the time to leave us a review. We are so pleased you are being well looked after and look forward to sharing your review with the team.
(Regarding the food, I personally would have preferred more savoury choices, not lots of very sweet sickly cupcakes).
Thank you for your review. We appreciate all feedback and the home manager is always available and welcomes the opportunity to discuss this further. We look forward to sharing your review with the team.
Whenever I visit I find my relative happy and well cared for. The staff are all friendly and caring. My relative stated she is very happy there.
The home has a lovely atmosphere and residents look to be engaged in activities.
I wanted to have a quick word with the manager whilst I was there. I found her to be warm and friendly and could answer all my questions about my relative.
I would like to thank her and all her staff for the great care they are providing for my relative.
Lovely home.
Thank you very much for your lovely review, it means so much to us here at Richard House. Our team members take great pride in offering our residents a home from home experience, and we are pleased your experience with us has been so positive. We look forward to sharing this with the team.
Very happy with the care and treatment my mum has received. The staff take great care to make everybody feel comfortable, and the home itself is absolutely stunning.
Thank you very much for your review. We are so proud of our home and our team members. We are glad you and your loved one feel welcome and comfortable in our caring community. We look forward to sharing your review with the team.
Welcoming staff, happy to help and get my nan involved in activities.
Thank you so much for leaving us a review. Our team work extremely hard to ensure all of the residents are having a positive experience. We pride ourselves on offering engaging activities for all. We look forward to sharing your review with our team.
I am very satisfied with the accommodation that I have got and I hope I can stay for a very long time.
Thank you for taking the time to write a review. We aim to provide a home-from-home experience for all our residents and are so pleased you are enjoying your stay with us. We look forward to sharing this review with our team.
An amazing and welcoming atmosphere. Helping my nan make friends and feel involved in all activities.
Thank you for taking the time to write us a review. We are so pleased your loved one has settled with us and is enjoying the wonderful activities. We will pass your review on to our team.
I visited Richard House for the first time very recently to see my cousin. My first impression on arriving was "WOW", what a stunning building. It gives an initial impression of grandeur and refinery, very pleasing to look at and very calming in its design and layout. Once inside the standard of the building and its contents is a very high specification and has been designed to give a very warming and welcoming feel. The staff is very cheerful and polite and takes great pleasure in welcoming you to the home. I noticed straight away that it is a very lively and active environment, with residents and their respective families openly engaging with other residents in varied activities, along with the members of staff. My cousins room is very nice and relaxing, and has been adapted to suit his personal needs and wishes, just like being at home. This home is a very lovely place and has everything you could or would need to have a very comfortable and enjoyable stay.
Thank you very much for taking the time to submit this review. Our team at Richard House work extremely hard to provide a positive, engaging, home-from-home environment for all of our residents. I am so pleased your cousin has settled so well at Richard House. Visitors are welcome anytime, so please come back again soon.
The experience from start to present has been top-class! We have been listened to from day one and feel very comfortable coming to visit here with our family. It feels like home - come in, make a brew just like we would at home. I have a handful of favourites here that we feel like they really understand our view, as family. But more importantly, our loved one is cared for, not just as the resident but as a friend.
Home is lovely, staff are very friendly and polite. You can tell that staff truly care and nothing is too much for them. As soon as I arrived, staff offered me a selection of drinks, as I sat spending time with my friend. The home truly has everything you could wish for - a cinema, bar, games room. I cannot recommend this place enough.
Thank you for your lovely review of Richard House. It is a wonderful care home and we are delighted you enjoy spending time at the home with your friend. I will pass your thoughts on to the team who will be happy to read your kind comments.
Since day 1, the care home has been incredibly supportive, friendly and helpful to my mum's needs. She was recently in another care home and there is not comparison. The staff (all staff) go above and beyond to give my mum confidence and a purpose to fulfil her many hopeful years to come. I would defiantly recommend this care home to all needs, whether respite or recovery needs.
Thank you for your thoughtful review of Richard House. We are delighted your lovely mum has settled in so well at the home and that her overall well-being has improved. I will pass your comments on to the team who will be so pleased to read that you are happy with the care they provide.
Must say that this place really does tick all the boxes. The staff are all amazing - too many to mention. Great place to come relax and enjoy all the atmosphere that feels real. Thanks guys.
Thank you for your wonderful review of Richard House. It is a wonderful care home with an amazing team - we are delighted to read that you enjoy your visits to the home to see your lovely friend. You are welcome anytime!
The home is really good for Mum. The home is very welcoming for family pets into the home for pet therapy. The staff are very caring for Mum to make sure that she has everything that she needs. I know that I don't need to worry about the care that she is getting as it is of a very high standard.
Thank you for your review of Richard House, it is a beautiful care home with a kind and caring team. We are delighted you are so happy with the care provided for your lovely mum and that you have peace of mind. We appreciate you taking the time to share your thoughts - thank you.
Care and attention is first class.
Thank you for your review of Richard House. We are delighted you are so happy at the home and thank you for being part of our wonderful community.
Beautiful place with lovely staff. We are very impressed.
Thank you for your lovely review of Richard House. It is a beautiful care home with a kind and caring team - we appreciate you taking the time to share your thoughts.
Very impressed with the welcome from staff when assessing the requirements and showing us around. Have found the whole team extremely helpful and caring, both to us and our friend.
Thank you for your thoughtful review of Richard House. It is a wonderful care home and we are delighted you found our team so helpful and caring. Please visit anytime - you will always be welcome.
Good to see my friend mixing and socialising with the other residents and staff.
Impressed how quickly she has settled and adjusted.
Thank you for your lovely review. Richard House is a wonderful care home with a warm, happy community, we are delighted your friend has settled in so well.
Very happy with Mum's care. Well looked after. Lovely home from home. Staff are friendly, very caring and professional. Excellent facilities for residents and visitors. Beautifully furnished and very clean. All COVID protocol enforced.
Kind Regards
Regulatory Rating
Care Quality Commission (CQC) Rating
Date: 12 March 2026Requires improvement
- CaringRequires improvement
- EffectiveRequires improvement
- ResponsiveRequires improvement
- SafeRequires improvement
- Well-ledRequires improvement
Inspection ratings
We rate most services according to how safe, effective, caring, responsive and well-led they are, using four levels:
- 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 (2)
- 30 Jan 2026Recipient: Tanglewood Care Homes
- 28 Feb 2023Recipient: Richard House Care Home
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