The Cottage Residential Care Home
Residential care home in Colchester, registered for 10 beds. Regulated by CQC.
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 313 residential care homes in Essex.
Evidence and freshness
This is a permanent CareFacts record built from the service’s regulator identifier. It is evidence from the public register, not a recommendation or a live vacancy check.
- CareFacts record ID
e1-130187505- Regulator location ID
1-130187505- Current source release
- CQC active locations, archived 2026-10-07
- CareFacts data rebuilt
- 2026-10-07
- Inspection evidence
- Latest published date 2025-09-15
A newer source release may change the registration, operator, capacity or rating shown here. CareFacts preserves the identifier so future real changes can be compared once more than one compatible snapshot exists.
Who this service is for
- Dementia
- Learning disabilities or autistic spectrum disorder
- Mental Health
- Physical Disability
- Learning disabilities
- Mental health conditions
- Physical disabilities
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Source: CQC active locations, archived 2026-10-07. 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.
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