Care home · Wellingborough
Freestones Residential Care Home
Typical fee here £1,160–£1,410 a week Estimate
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- 85 Finedon Road, Irthlingborough, Wellingborough, NN9 5TY
- Run by
- Mrs Claire Louise Davidson & Mr Karl James Davidson
- Type of provider
- Independent (partnership)
- Service
- Residential care home
- Beds
- 20 (registered with CQC)
- Nursing care
- No, residential care only (CQC registration)
- Dementia
- Registered with CQC to support people living with dementia
- Garden
- Garden for residents (as stated on freestonesresidentialcarehome.com)
- En-suite rooms
- En-suite rooms available (as stated on freestonesresidentialcarehome.com)
- Registered with CQC
- June 2011 (15 years)
- Registered manager
- Claire Davidson
- Last CQC check
- 23 Dec 2025
- Typical fees Estimated
- £1,160–£1,410 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
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CQC page for this service · CQC location ID 1-252788641
The service in brief
Registered with CQC as a residential care home, Freestones Residential Care Home is based in Wellingborough, run by Mrs Claire Louise Davidson & Mr Karl James Davidson. It supports older people, with registered specialisms in dementia and physical disabilities.
Its latest CQC rating is Requires improvement overall (December 2025). Safe, Effective, Caring, Responsive and Well-led were rated Requires improvement. It is one of 4 CQC-registered care homes in and around Irthlingborough; 3 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.
Specialisms
Taken from its CQC registration.
How long it has been running
CQC registration dates from June 2011, so the service has been operating for around 15 years under its current registration.
CQC has published 4 overall ratings for it (2016–2025), starting at Good; it has gone up 0 and down 0 times, and is now Requires Improvement.
Reports on record: 6, with the most recent dated 16 March 2022.
What it may cost
We estimate Freestones Residential Care Home at £1,160–£1,410 a week for residential care (dementia), based on published prices in the region. Over a year that is roughly £60k–£73k.
Get the extras in writing: items such as hairdressing and outings are usually charged on top.
If savings are under the upper limit (£23,250 in England), North Northamptonshire Council may pay part of the cost after a free care needs assessment.
The ratings in context
Area by area, Safe, Effective, Caring, Responsive and Well-led are rated below Good.
Across North Northamptonshire, 17 of 102 rated care homes are Requires improvement for Safe (17%), while 13 of 102 rated care homes are Requires improvement for Effective (13%), while 7 of 102 rated care homes are Requires improvement for Caring (7%), while 9 of 102 rated care homes are Requires improvement for Responsive (9%), while 24 of 102 rated care homes are Requires improvement for Well-led (24%).
If you are considering it, read the Safe, Effective, Caring, Responsive and Well-led section of the report first and ask what has changed since the inspection.
The local picture
There are 15 other care homes within 3 miles, 12 of them rated Good or Outstanding; the nearest is Highmead House, under 0.5 miles away.
3 of the 24 nearest rated care homes have a more recent rating than this one.
It sits in Irthlingborough ward, classed by ONS as larger rural (nearer to a major town or city), among the 50% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. NHS services here are planned by NHS Northamptonshire ICB.
Within about a 10-minute walk there is a GP surgery (8 min), a pharmacy (7 min), a shop (6 min), a park (7 min), a café (7 min) and a bus stop (2 min), which matters for residents who can go out and for visiting family.
Ratings over time
- Feb 2016
- Feb 2018
- Mar 2022
- Dec 2025
- Today Rated in the last 12 months
Every overall rating on record for this location, earliest first.
Reports on the CQC website
- CQC inspection report 16 March 2022
- CQC inspection report 27 February 2018
- CQC inspection report 12 February 2016
- Inspection report 17 June 2014
- Inspection report 25 June 2013
- Inspection report 8 December 2012
Food safety inspection
The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from an inspection on 27 August 2026 by North Northamptonshire. Try to visit at a mealtime: it shows how food, choice and help with eating work in practice.
From the Food Standards Agency (listed as "Freestones Residential Care Home"). Open Government Licence.
Location and local area
- Ward
- Irthlingborough
- Parliamentary constituency
- Wellingborough and Rushden
- Local NHS (ICB)
- NHS Northamptonshire Integrated Care Board
- Urban or rural
- Larger rural (nearer to a major town or city)
- Neighbourhood deprivation
- Among the 50% least deprived areas in England
- Postcode district
- Care homes in NN9 (10)
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Close by
- Bus stop 140 m (2 min walk) · 7 stops within 600 m
- GP surgery Spinney Brook Medical Centre, 610 m (8 min walk)
- Pharmacy Cox & Robinson, 530 m (7 min walk)
- Shop Heron Foods, 510 m (6 min walk)
- Park 520 m (7 min walk)
- Café Munchbox, 530 m (7 min walk)
- Place of worship Providence Baptist Church, 110 m (1 min walk)
- Library Irthlingborough Library, 570 m (7 min walk)
Nearest of each type, measured in a straight line using OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL). If a resident uses a wheelchair or frame, check the route itself.
Geography: ONS and NHS lookups (postcodes.io), Open Government Licence.
Key points from CQC's visit
- We also reviewed people’s care records and staff record, audits and records relating to the management of the service.
- We used the Short Observational Framework for Inspection (SOFI).
- SOFI is a way of observing care to help us understand the experience of people who could not talk with us. The provider had introduced governance and oversight systems; however, these were not fully effective in identifying and addressing concerns.
- People living at the service appeared comfortable and relaxed in their environment.
Inspected 28 February 2022; report published 16 March 2022. In CQC's words, from its published findings (Open Government Licence). Read the full report.
How CQC rated each area
- Safe17 of 102 in North Northamptonshire
- Effective13 of 102 in North Northamptonshire
- Caring7 of 102 in North Northamptonshire
- Responsive9 of 102 in North Northamptonshire
- Well-led24 of 102 in North Northamptonshire
From CQC's latest report, published 23 December 2025. Under each rating: how many care homes in North Northamptonshire share it.
The company behind Freestones Residential Care Home
Freestones Residential Care Home is the only service its provider, Mrs Claire Louise Davidson & Mr Karl James Davidson, runs, so it is an independent, single-site operator rather than part of a chain.
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Questions about Freestones Residential Care Home
- What type of care does Freestones Residential Care Home provide?
- Freestones Residential Care Home is registered for residential homes. Ask which of these it provides at the moment.
- Is Freestones Residential Care Home registered with CQC?
- Yes. Freestones Residential Care Home is registered with the Care Quality Commission as a care home (location ID 1-252788641) and was rated Requires improvement overall in December 2025.
- Where is Freestones Residential Care Home based?
- It is at 85 Finedon Road, Irthlingborough, Wellingborough, NN9 5TY.
- When was Freestones Residential Care Home last inspected?
- CQC published the current rating on 23 December 2025. Older ratings are common, so ask about changes since.
- Does Freestones Residential Care Home support people with dementia?
- Yes, it is registered for dementia. Worth asking: how many staff are trained, and how routines are kept consistent.
- Who runs Freestones Residential Care Home?
- CQC lists Mrs Claire Louise Davidson & Mr Karl James Davidson as the provider responsible for Freestones Residential Care Home.
- How big is Freestones Residential Care Home?
- Freestones Residential Care Home has 20 registered places. Ask how many are free now and which rooms have en-suites.
- How did Freestones Residential Care Home score on each CQC key question?
- By key question, CQC gave: Safe: Requires improvement; Effective: Requires improvement; Caring: Requires improvement; Responsive: Requires improvement; Well-led: Requires improvement. Safe and Well-led are the two to read first in the report.
- How much does care from Freestones Residential Care Home cost?
- Freestones Residential Care Home has not published its fees with us. Residential care home typically costs £1,250 a week (average 2026 self-funder fees in East Midlands). A written quote should spell out weekend, bank holiday and short-notice rates.
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