Care home · Ware
Libury Hall
Typical fee here £1,310–£1,600 a week Estimate
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Illustrative photo, not of Libury Hall- Address
- Great Munden, Ware, SG11 1JD
- Run by
- Libury Hall
- Type of provider
- Independent
- Service
- Residential care home
- Beds
- 40 (registered with CQC)
- Nursing care
- No, residential care only (CQC registration)
- Dementia
- Not listed as a specialism with CQC; ask the provider
- Registered with CQC
- December 2013 (12 years)
- Registered manager
- Lloyd Rushen Graver
- Company check
- Active, trading since 2013 (13 years), accounts up to date (Companies House 08565062)
- Last CQC check
- 8 Oct 2019
- Typical fees Estimated
- £1,310–£1,600 a week for residential care. Estimated from prices published locally; not a quote. How we estimate
Licensed by CQC for: Accommodation for persons who require nursing or personal care
CQC page for this service · CQC location ID 1-1114048863
The service in brief
Libury Hall in Ware is registered with the Care Quality Commission as a residential care home. The service is registered to support older people and lists mental health conditions among its specialisms.
CQC rated it Good overall (October 2019), with Responsive rated Outstanding.
Choice nearby
Choice is thinner here: the nearest other care home is Layston Grove Care Home, 3.4 miles away.
It is registered for needs that fewer services nearby cover: mental health conditions (5 of the nearest 23).
14 of the 19 nearest rated care homes have a more recent rating than this one.
It sits in The Mundens ward, classed by ONS as smaller rural (nearer to a major town or city), among the 40% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. NHS services here are planned by NHS Central East ICB.
From the latest CQC inspection
- Libury Hall accommodates people across several individual buildings. 11 people, who require higher levels of support, live within the main house.
- The remaining 28 people live within one of the 28 separate bungalows.
- These are designed to support their independence, whilst still retaining key safety features such as pendant alarms to alert staff if people require assistance.
- People's experience of using this service The service provided exceptionally responsive, person-centred support to people which consistently achieved outstanding outcomes for people.
Inspected 29 July 2019; report published 8 October 2019; supporting 39 people at the time. Taken from CQC's own findings (Open Government Licence). Read the full report.
Costs to expect
We estimate Libury Hall at £1,310–£1,600 a week for residential care, based on published prices in the region. Over a year that is roughly £68k–£83k.
Ask what notice is given before a fee increase and what triggers one.
If savings are under the upper limit (£23,250 in England), Hertfordshire Council may pay part of the cost after a free care needs assessment.
Track record
CQC registration dates from December 2013, so the service has been operating for around 12 years under its current registration.
CQC has published 3 overall ratings for it (2015–2019), starting at Requires improvement and improving to Good.
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.
Reports on record: 3, with the most recent dated 8 October 2019.
The registered provider
Libury Hall is run by Libury Hall (company 08565062), incorporated in 2013.
At Companies House, the company is listed as active, its accounts are filed on time, it has 4 active directors and there is no insolvency history.
Who the service is registered for
Registration details from CQC.
The five key questions
- Safe161 of 219 in Hertfordshire
- Effective193 of 218 in Hertfordshire
- Caring194 of 218 in Hertfordshire
- Responsive17 of 217 in Hertfordshire
- Well-led148 of 219 in Hertfordshire
From CQC's latest report, published 8 October 2019. Under each rating: how many care homes in Hertfordshire share it; for example, 17 of 217 care homes in Hertfordshire rated Outstanding for Responsive.
Reading Libury Hall's CQC ratings
Area by area, Responsive is rated Outstanding; 4 other areas are Good.
Across Hertfordshire, 17 of 217 rated care homes are Outstanding for Responsive (8%).
The report's Responsive section explains what earned the Outstanding rating, which is a useful benchmark when comparing services.
Past CQC ratings
- Dec 2015
- Jan 2017
- Oct 2019
- Today Rating 7 years old
Every overall rating on record for this location, earliest first.
CQC documents
- CQC inspection report 8 October 2019
- CQC inspection report 11 January 2017
- CQC inspection report 25 December 2015
Food safety inspection
The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from an inspection on 18 July 2025 by East Hertfordshire. Food is a big part of daily life in a home, so ask about menus, choice and mealtimes.
From the Food Standards Agency (listed as "Libury Hall"). Open Government Licence.
Location and local area
- Ward
- The Mundens
- Parliamentary constituency
- North East Hertfordshire
- NHS planning area
- NHS Central East Integrated Care Board
- Urban or rural
- Smaller rural · nearer to a major town or city
- Neighbourhood deprivation
- Among the 40% least deprived areas in England
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Area details from ONS and NHS postcode data via postcodes.io (Open Government Licence).
Family reviews
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Libury Hall questions answered
- Does Libury Hall support people with dementia?
- Not as a registered specialism. Some services still support people with mild dementia, so ask.
- How did Libury Hall score on each CQC key question?
- CQC rates five key questions. For Libury Hall: Safe: Good; Effective: Good; Caring: Good; Responsive: Outstanding; Well-led: Good. Safe and Well-led are the two to read first in the report.
- When was Libury Hall last inspected?
- Its current CQC rating dates from 8 October 2019, 7 years ago. Ratings can be several years old; ask what has changed since, such as a new manager.
- Is Libury Hall registered with CQC?
- Registered, yes: location 1-1114048863 on the Care Quality Commission register, listed as a care home and was rated Good overall in October 2019.
- How much does care from Libury Hall cost?
- No fee list from Libury Hall has reached us. Ask for written prices covering weekends, bank holidays and any travel or set-up charges.
- How many beds does Libury Hall have?
- Libury Hall has 40 registered places. Ask how many are free now and which rooms have en-suites.
- What services is Libury Hall registered for?
- Registration for Libury Hall covers: residential homes. Check which of these it offers today.
- Where is Libury Hall based?
- It is at Great Munden, Ware, SG11 1JD.
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Details from the Care Quality Commission register, updated Oct 2026. Contains CQC data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Text marked "in the provider's own words" is supplied by the provider. The Care Panel is not a care provider.