Barn Park Residential Home

Halwill, Beaworthy, Devon, EX21 5UQ

01409221201

Care Type

Residential Care

Assessment date

2 January 2025

Provider

Barn Park Limited

Beds

24 beds

About Barn Park Residential Home

Barn Park Residential Home is a residential care home in Devon, offering care without nursing to older people, including those living with dementia and those needing reablement support. Details of the CQC's most recent findings are set out below.

Barn Park Residential Home is a care home without nursing, based in a large house with a modern single-storey extension. It supports older people, people living with dementia and those needing reablement, with bedrooms across three floors served by a stair lift.

Inspectors found the service requires improvement overall, with ongoing concerns around safety and leadership following earlier enforcement action. However, people and relatives spoke positively about their care, and staff were seen to be attentive and to work well together. A new manager has since been appointed and registered with the CQC.

Source: CQC assessment, 30 September 2025

Specialist Care

DementiaMental healthOlder peoplePhysical disabilitiesYounger adults

Fees and availability

We have not verified a current weekly fee for this home. Ask for a written quote based on the room and care needed, including any extra charges.

Check current vacancies, the admission assessment and visiting arrangements directly with the home.

Care and inspection details

Checked against the CQC register on 20 September 2026. This is a check of published information, not a visit to the home.

Registered service: Care home service without nursing
Registered capacity: 24 places — this is not a vacancy count
Registration checked: Registered · EX21 5UQ

Registered care categories

Caring for adults over 65 yrs; Caring for adults under 65 yrs; Dementia; Mental health conditions; Physical disabilities.

These describe the registration. The home must assess whether it can meet the individual person's needs and whether a place is available.

CQC ratings in more detail

Overall rating shown by CQC: Requires Improvement.

Assessment published 30 September 2025. Assessment date recorded: 2 January 2025.

Read CQC's assessment overview

The following is CQC's published account of its assessment, published 30 September 2025. References to “we” mean CQC. It describes findings at that time.

Barn Park Residential Home is a care home without nursing. The service provides support to older people, people living with dementia and people requiring reablement. The service is based in a large house; a single story modern extension has been built for people requiring reablement. Bedrooms in the main house covered 3 floors reached by a stair lift.
Our visit was unannounced and took place between 21 to 30 January 2025. The assessment was to follow up on previous enforcement action to make improvements to the service linked to safeguarding, safe care and treatment and good governance.
Since the last inspection in January 2024, a new manager had been appointed. After the inspection, they submitted an application to register as a manager with CQC, which was approved.

Safe: Requires Improvement
Effective: Good
Caring: Good
Responsive: Good
Well-led: Requires Improvement

Questions prompted by these ratings

Safe: What changes have been made to medicines, staffing and safeguarding since this rating?
Well-led: What has changed in management, checks and oversight since this rating?

These are questions for your visit, not a claim about conditions today.

Read Barn Park Residential Home's CQC record and reports.

Contains Care Quality Commission information under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Ratings and registration details can change after the date checked.

5 Questions to Ask on Your Visit

When visiting Barn Park Residential Home, consider asking...

1.What specific dementia training do staff receive and how recently?
2.How do you support a resident who becomes distressed or confused?
3.How does the home keep a record of a resident's life history and personal preferences?
4.How do you involve families as dementia progresses and communication becomes harder?
5.What happens when a resident's dementia reaches an advanced stage?

5 Things to Look For on Your Visit

When you visit Barn Park Residential Home, look out for...

1.Is the environment calm, uncluttered and easy to navigate?
2.Do staff speak to residents with patience and dignity, even if they repeat themselves?
3.Are there memory cues around the home -- photos, familiar objects, clear signage?
4.Do residents seem settled and safe, or agitated and unsupervised?
5.Is there meaningful activity happening, or are residents just sitting quietly with nothing to do?

Could the NHS fund Barn Park Residential Home's fees?

The average nursing home costs £1,535 per week. That's £79,820 a year. NHS Continuing Healthcare could cover all of it. No means test, no contribution from you.

Find out if the NHS could fund these fees