The Cottage Residential Care Home
Residential care home in Colchester, registered for 10 beds. Regulated by CQC.
Inadequate
Inspected within the last year
Published 2025-09-15
What the inspectors scored
| Area assessed | Rating |
|---|---|
| Safe | Inadequate |
| Effective | Good |
| Caring | Good |
| Responsive | Good |
| Well-led | Inadequate |
Details
- Type of care
- Residential care home
- Registered places
- 10
- Address
- 51 High Street, Brightlingsea, Colchester, CO7 0AQ
- Telephone
- 01206303676
- Registered provider
- Mr Roy Bellhouse
- Registered manager
- Bellhouse, Roy
- Registered since
- 2011-01-14
- Local authority
- Essex
- Constituency
- Harwich and North Essex
- Regulator record
- View on cqc.org.uk
At 10 beds it is smaller than 43% of the 311 residential care homes in Essex.
Who this service is for
- Dementia
- Learning disabilities or autistic spectrum disorder
- Mental Health
- Physical Disability
- Learning disabilities
- Mental health conditions
- Physical disabilities
Other residential care homes in Essex
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Outstanding Last inspected about 6 years ago
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Outstanding Last inspected about 6 years ago
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Outstanding Last inspected about 6 years ago
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Outstanding Last inspected about 7 years ago
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Good Inspected within the last year
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Good Last inspected about 2 years ago
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Good Last inspected about 2 years ago
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Good Last inspected about 3 years ago
Source: CQC HSCA Active Locations, 4 August 2026. Ratings and inspection dates are published by CQC and reproduced here under the Open Government Licence. Always check the regulator’s own record before making a decision.