Care home · Dawlish
Barton House
Illustrative photo, not of Barton House- Address
- 1 Barton Terrace, Dawlish, EX7 9QH
- Run by
- Libatis Limited (2 services)
- Service
- Residential care home
- Beds
- 15 (registered with CQC)
- Registered with CQC
- July 2015 (11 years)
- Registered manager
- Emma Jane Hardy
- Company check
- Active, trading since 2014 (12 years), accounts up to date (Companies House 09256151)
- Last CQC check
- 9 Jan 2025
- Typical fees Estimated
- £1,370–£1,680 a week for residential care (dementia). Estimate only, from published local rates. How we estimate
Registered to provide: Accommodation for persons who require nursing or personal care
Full report at cqc.org.uk · CQC location ID 1-2064820021
The service in brief
Registered with CQC as a residential care home, Barton House is based in Dawlish, run by Libatis Limited. It supports older people, with registered specialisms in dementia.
Its latest CQC rating is Good overall (January 2025). It is one of 10 CQC-registered care homes in and around Dawlish; 9 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.
Inspection findings in brief
- There were 15 people living at the service at the time of this assessment.
- At our last inspection we found improvement was needed and the service was in breach of legal regulations in relation to safe care and treatment, and good governance.
- People were protected from abuse and neglect and staff understood and managed risks well.
- One person said, “The staff are all wonderful, they can’t do enough for you.” A second person said, “They’re really good, they come up every morning, lovely and cheery.” And a third person said, “No complaints, nothing.
Inspected 7 May 2021; report published 9 June 2021; supporting 15 people at the time. Taken from CQC's own findings (Open Government Licence). Read the full report.
The company behind Barton House
Barton House is run by Libatis Limited (company 09256151), incorporated in 2014.
At Companies House, the company is listed as active, its accounts are filed on time, it has 2 active directors and there is no insolvency history.
Its registered business activity is nursing care.
Libatis Limited runs 2 CQC-registered services; 2 of the 2 with a rating are Good or Outstanding (100%), against 83% for the same mix of services across England.
All 2 are in Devon, so it is a local operator rather than a national chain.
Costs to expect
We estimate Barton House at £1,370–£1,680 a week for residential care (dementia), based on published prices in the region. Over a year that is roughly £71k–£87k.
Ask how often fees rise and whether they go up if care needs increase.
With savings below £23,250, Devon Council may contribute once it has carried out a free needs assessment.
Choice nearby
There are 21 other care homes within 3 miles, 18 of them rated Good or Outstanding; the nearest is Sefton Hall, under 0.5 miles away.
3 of the 22 nearest rated care homes have a more recent rating than this one.
It sits in Dawlish South West ward, classed by ONS as urban (nearer to a major town or city), among the 50% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. NHS services here are planned by NHS Devon ICB.
Within about a 10-minute walk there is a pharmacy (1 min), a shop (3 min), a park (3 min), a café (4 min), a bus stop (6 min) and a railway station (8 min), which matters for residents who can go out and for visiting family.
Track record
Barton House has been registered with CQC since July 2015, about 11 years.
CQC has published 5 overall ratings for it (2016–2025), starting at Good; it has gone up 1 and down 1 time, and is now Good.
Reports on record: 4, with the most recent dated 9 June 2021.
How CQC rated each area
- Safe75% score254 of 289 in Devon
- Effective75% score262 of 289 in Devon
- Caring75% score250 of 289 in Devon
- Responsive75% score251 of 289 in Devon
- Well-led75% score232 of 289 in Devon
CQC key question ratings, published 9 January 2025. Under each rating: how many care homes in Devon share it.
Needs it is registered to meet
Registration details from CQC.
The ratings in context
CQC rated every one of the five key questions Good here, so there is no weak spot in the published ratings.
For leadership (Well-led), it shares its Good rating with 231 of the 288 other care homes in Devon that CQC has rated.
Under CQC's newer scoring, its strongest area is Caring at 75% and its lowest is Well-led at 75%, averaging 75% overall.
Scores behind the rating
Under its newer approach, CQC marks each "quality statement" from 1 to 4 and converts the marks into a percentage per area. Averaged across the five areas, Barton House scores 75%.
Safe 75%
- Learning culture3 · Good
- Safe systems, pathways and transitions3 · Good
- Safeguarding3 · Good
- Involving people to manage risks3 · Good
- Safe environments3 · Good
- Safe and effective staffing3 · Good
- Infection prevention and control3 · Good
- Medicines optimisation3 · Good
Effective 75%
- Assessing needs3 · Good
- Delivering evidence-based care and treatment3 · Good
- How staff, teams and services work together3 · Good
- Supporting people to live healthier lives3 · Good
- Monitoring and improving outcomes3 · Good
- Consent to care and treatment3 · Good
Caring 75%
- Kindness, compassion and dignity3 · Good
- Treating people as individuals3 · Good
- Independence, choice and control3 · Good
- Responding to people’s immediate needs3 · Good
- Workforce wellbeing and enablement3 · Good
Responsive 75%
- Person-centred Care3 · Good
- Care provision, Integration and continuity3 · Good
- Providing Information3 · Good
- Listening to and involving people3 · Good
- Equity in access3 · Good
- Equity in experiences and outcomes3 · Good
- Planning for the future3 · Good
Well-led 75%
- Shared direction and culture3 · Good
- Capable, compassionate and inclusive leaders3 · Good
- Freedom to speak up3 · Good
- Workforce equality, diversity and inclusion3 · Good
- Governance, management and sustainability3 · Good
- Partnerships and communities3 · Good
- Learning, improvement and innovation3 · Good
4 means exceptional and 1 means significant shortfalls (3 good, 2 some shortfalls). CQC data, assessed 16 October 2024, published 9 January 2025, Open Government Licence. Where no score shows, that statement wasn't part of this assessment and its earlier result still counts.
How its rating has changed
- Jul 2016
- Feb 2019
- Mar 2020
- Jun 2021
- Jan 2025
- Today Rating 1 year old
CQC rating timeline for this address. The latest rating is an improvement on the one before.
CQC documents
- CQC inspection report 9 June 2021
- CQC inspection report 18 March 2020
- CQC inspection report 7 February 2019
- CQC inspection report 16 July 2016
Food hygiene
The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from an inspection on 8 January 2025 by Teignbridge. On a visit, ask to see this week's menu and how residents choose what they eat.
From the Food Standards Agency (listed as "Barton House Residential Home"). Open Government Licence.
The neighbourhood
- Ward
- Dawlish South West
- Council
- Devon County Council · paying for care
- Parliamentary constituency
- Newton Abbot
- NHS planning area
- NHS Devon Integrated Care Board
- Type of area
- Urban; nearer to a major town or city
- Neighbourhood deprivation
- Among the 50% most deprived areas in England
- Postcode district
- Care homes in EX7 (10)
View on OpenStreetMap · Directions · Map data: OpenStreetMap contributors
Within walking distance
- Bus stop 450 m (6 min walk) · 6 stops within 600 m
- Railway station Dawlish, 670 m (8 min walk)
- Pharmacy Barton Hill Pharmacy, 50 m (1 min walk)
- Shop Costcutter, 280 m (3 min walk)
- Park 210 m (3 min walk)
- Café Piece of Cake, 330 m (4 min walk)
- Place of worship Dawlish Christian Spiritualist Church, 180 m (2 min walk)
- Library Dawlish Library, 230 m (3 min walk)
From OpenStreetMap data (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL), measured in a straight line, so allow extra for the actual route on foot.
Ward, NHS area and deprivation from ONS and NHS postcode data (postcodes.io, Open Government Licence).
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Where Barton House stands locally
- Rated Good. Across Devon, 90% of the 289 rated care homes are Good or Outstanding and 21 are Outstanding.
- Its rating (January 2025) is more recent than 81% of care home ratings in Devon.
- With 15 beds it is smaller than 73% of care homes in Devon, where the typical home has 25.
- Registered with CQC in 2015: it has been registered longer than 36% of care homes in the area.
- It lists 2 specialisms with CQC; the typical care home in Devon lists 3.
Benchmarked against all CQC-registered care homes in Devon (Oct 2026).
Nearest care homes
Guides for families
Dawlish: care homes inspected recently
- Barton LodgeNov 2024
- Westward Care HomeMar 2026
- OakleighSep 2026
What families ask about Barton House
- How is Barton House rated for safety and leadership?
- 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.
- How much does care from Barton House cost?
- Barton House has not published its fees with us. Residential care home typically costs £1,349 a week (average 2026 self-funder fees in South West). Get the quote in writing, including any extra charges.
- Which provider runs Barton House?
- Libatis Limited is the registered provider for Barton House.
- How many beds does Barton House have?
- CQC registers Barton House for 15 residents; ask about vacancies, room sizes and en-suite bathrooms.
- When was Barton House last inspected?
- The rating now shown was published on 9 January 2025, 1 year ago. Ask what has changed since then, for example in management or staffing.
- Is Barton House registered for dementia care?
- Dementia is listed on its CQC registration. Ask what dementia training staff have and how they handle distress or refusals.
- What type of care does Barton House provide?
- Barton House is registered for residential homes. Ask which of these it provides at the moment.
- Is Barton House a registered provider?
- It is. The CQC register records Barton House as a care home, location ID 1-2064820021 and was rated Good overall in January 2025.
- Where is Barton House?
- It is at 1 Barton Terrace, Dawlish, EX7 9QH.
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