Castle House Nursing Home is a family run business in the Somerset village of Keinton Mandeville. DKA were appointed to design an extension to provide an additional 17 en-suite bedrooms, a new lounge, entrance, ancillary facilities and car park along with a number of improvements to the existing building.
Castle House Nursing Home
Simple extension transforms nursing home
The new extension has transformed the existing home. Visitors now arrive in a landscaped car park which has a dedicated drop off area right outside the new entrance. This is adjacent to the lounge with vaulted ceiling, feature glazed gable and access to a south facing balcony that has far reaching rural views.
The spacious new hallways have plenty of natural light and connect to both the new wing of bedrooms (each with en-suite wet-room and private balcony or terrace within the walled garden) and the communal rooms within the existing building that were previously down a warren of dark internal corridors. This has made the home easier to navigate for residents, staff and visitors.
The extension also forms a number of sunny courtyards that make safe external areas to be enjoyed in nice weather as well as bringing plenty of natural light into the building.
Since completing the work Castle House has managed to achieve a CQC Excellent rating and the Manager has won the National Care Home Manager of the year award.