Care home · Buckingham
Old Barn Close
Typical fee here £1,460–£1,780 a week Estimate
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- 5 Old Barn Close, Gawcott, Buckingham, MK18 4JH
- Run by
- Hightown Housing Association Limited (10 services)
- Type of provider
- Not-for-profit
- Service
- Residential care home
- Beds
- 5 (registered with CQC)
- Nursing care
- No, residential care only (CQC registration)
- Dementia
- Registered with CQC to support people living with dementia
- Registered with CQC
- January 2011 (15 years)
- Registered manager
- Fiona Hull
- Company check
- Active, accounts up to date (Companies House IP18077R)
- Last CQC check
- 28 Jun 2019
- Typical fees Estimated
- £1,460–£1,780 a week for residential care (dementia). Estimate only, from published local rates. How we estimate
Licensed by CQC for: Accommodation for persons who require nursing or personal care
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CQC page for this service · CQC location ID 1-126464929
Old Barn Close at a glance
Old Barn Close in Buckingham is registered with the Care Quality Commission as a residential care home, run by Hightown Housing Association Limited. The service is registered to support adults of all ages and lists dementia, physical disabilities, learning disabilities and sight or hearing loss among its specialisms.
CQC rated it Good overall (June 2019). It is one of 8 CQC-registered care homes in and around Buckingham; 5 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.
The company behind Old Barn Close
Old Barn Close is run by Hightown Housing Association Limited (company IP18077R).
At Companies House, the company is listed as active, its accounts are filed on time and there is no insolvency history.
Hightown Housing Association Limited runs 10 CQC-registered services across 2 council areas; 10 of the 10 with a rating are Good or Outstanding (100%), against 84% for the same mix of services across England.
8 of its services are in Buckinghamshire.
Safe, effective, caring, responsive, well-led
- Safe87 of 119 in Buckinghamshire
- Effective99 of 119 in Buckinghamshire
- Caring108 of 119 in Buckinghamshire
- Responsive102 of 119 in Buckinghamshire
- Well-led80 of 119 in Buckinghamshire
Ratings from CQC's most recent report, published 28 June 2019. Under each rating: how many care homes in Buckinghamshire share it.
Old Barn Close over the years
Registered in January 2011, it has 15 years on the CQC register.
CQC has published 2 overall ratings for it (2016–2019), starting at Good and staying Good every time.
No new overall rating has been published for 7 years. CQC re-inspects based on risk, so an old rating is not a bad sign in itself, but staff and management may have changed.
The CQC website holds 4 reports for it, the latest from 28 June 2019.
How its rating has changed
- Oct 2016
- Jun 2019
- Today Rating 7 years old
CQC rating timeline for this address.
Inspection reports to read
- CQC inspection report 28 June 2019
- CQC inspection report 8 October 2016
- Inspection report 14 January 2014
- Inspection report 12 October 2012
The neighbourhood
- Ward
- Grendon Underwood & The Claydons
- Council
- Buckinghamshire Council · paying for care
- Parliamentary constituency
- Buckingham and Bletchley
- NHS area (integrated care board)
- NHS Thames Valley Integrated Care Board
- Urban or rural
- Smaller rural · nearer to a major town or city
- Neighbourhood deprivation
- Among the 30% least deprived areas in England
- Postcode district
- Care homes in MK18 (11)
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Close by
- Bus stop 70 m (1 min walk) · 4 stops within 600 m
- Place of worship Holy Trinity Church, 110 m (1 min walk)
Straight-line distances to the nearest of each, from OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL). Walking routes are longer; check for hills and crossings if you plan to take a relative out.
Geography: ONS and NHS lookups (postcodes.io), Open Government Licence.
Likely fees
We estimate Old Barn Close at £1,460–£1,780 a week for residential care (dementia), based on published prices in the region. Over a year that is roughly £76k–£93k.
Ask whether the fee changes if needs increase, and what is extra: hairdressing, chiropody, outings and newspapers are often charged separately.
With savings below £23,250, Buckinghamshire Council may contribute once it has carried out a free needs assessment.
Around Buckingham
There are 7 other care homes within 3 miles, 4 of them rated Good or Outstanding; the nearest is 4 Old Barn Close, under 0.5 miles away.
It is registered for needs that fewer services nearby cover: learning disabilities (3 of the nearest 16).
10 of the 15 nearest rated care homes have a more recent rating than this one.
It sits in Grendon Underwood & The Claydons ward, classed by ONS as smaller rural (nearer to a major town or city), among the 30% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. NHS services here are planned by NHS Thames Valley ICB.
Few everyday amenities are within a short walk, so visitors will mostly come by car; the nearest bus stop is under 0.5 miles away.
The ratings in context
Old Barn Close has an even profile: Safe, Effective, Caring, Responsive and Well-led are each rated Good.
For leadership (Well-led), it shares its Good rating with 79 of the 118 other care homes in Buckinghamshire that CQC has rated.
Registered specialisms
From the CQC register; ask how each need is met in practice.
Key points from CQC's visit
- People in care homes receive accommodation and nursing or personal care as single package under one contractual agreement.
- Old Barn Close accommodates and is registered for up to five people in one adapted building.
- The home was situated in a residential area alongside other large domestic homes of a similar size.
- There were deliberately no identifying signs, intercom, cameras, or anything else outside to indicate it was a care home.
Inspected 28 May 2019; report published 28 June 2019. Quoted from the CQC report summary, Open Government Licence. Read the full report.
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How Old Barn Close compares
- Rated Good. Across Buckinghamshire, 74% of the 119 rated care homes are Good or Outstanding and 5 are Outstanding.
- Its rating (June 2019) is more recent than 35% of care home ratings in Buckinghamshire.
- With 5 beds it is smaller than 93% of care homes in Buckinghamshire, where the typical home has 31.
- Registered with CQC in 2011: it has been registered longer than 79% of care homes in the area.
- It lists 6 specialisms with CQC; the typical care home in Buckinghamshire lists 4.
Comparison set: every registered care home in Buckinghamshire, CQC data for Oct 2026.
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What families ask about Old Barn Close
- What services is Old Barn Close registered for?
- Registration for Old Barn Close covers: residential homes. Check which of these it offers today.
- Where is Old Barn Close based?
- It is at 5 Old Barn Close, Gawcott, Buckingham, MK18 4JH.
- Is Old Barn Close registered with CQC?
- Yes: CQC lists it as a care home under location ID 1-126464929 and was rated Good overall in June 2019.
- Does Old Barn Close support people with dementia?
- Dementia appears among its CQC specialisms; ask about staff training and how care adapts as dementia progresses.
- When was Old Barn Close last inspected?
- The rating now shown was published on 28 June 2019, 7 years ago. Ask what has changed since then, for example in management or staffing.
- How big is Old Barn Close?
- Old Barn Close can take up to 5 residents. Ask what is free now and about en-suite rooms.
- Who runs Old Barn Close?
- CQC lists Hightown Housing Association Limited as the provider responsible for Old Barn Close.
- How much does Old Barn Close charge?
- We don't have published prices from Old Barn Close yet. Residential care home typically costs £1,555 a week (average 2026 self-funder fees in South East). Ask for written prices covering weekends, bank holidays and any travel or set-up charges.
- Is Old Barn Close rated well for safety?
- The five CQC areas: Safe: Good; Effective: Good; Caring: Good; Responsive: Good; Well-led: Good. Safe and Well-led tend to say most about day-to-day reliability.
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Information: Care Quality Commission, Oct 2026 (Open Government Licence v3.0). Sections in the provider's own words are theirs; we compiled everything else from public data. The Care Panel is independent and not a care provider.