Care home · Eastbourne
The Devonshire Nursing Home
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- 95 Carlisle Road, Eastbourne, BN20 7TB
- Run by
- Mr & Mrs B Clarke and Mrs C Mills (2 services)
- Service
- Nursing home
- Beds
- 42 (registered with CQC)
- Registered with CQC
- January 2011 (15 years)
- Registered manager
- *
- Last CQC check
- 20 Apr 2021
- Typical fees Estimated
- £1,650–£2,010 a week for nursing care. Our figure, worked out from published prices in the region; the real price may differ. How we estimate
Regulated activities on its registration: Accommodation for persons who require nursing or personal care · Treatment of disease, disorder or injury
Open CQC's full report · CQC location ID 1-109593974
About this home
Registered with CQC as a nursing home, The Devonshire Nursing Home is based in Eastbourne, run by Mr & Mrs B Clarke and Mrs C Mills. It supports older people, with registered specialisms in physical disabilities.
Its latest CQC rating is Good overall (January 2019). It is one of 57 CQC-registered care homes in and around Eastbourne; 46 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.
The local picture
Choice is wide here: the 25 nearest other care homes are all within 3 miles, 20 of them rated Good or Outstanding, and the closest is St Margarets Care Home, under 0.5 miles away.
It is registered for needs that fewer services nearby cover: physical disabilities (7 of the nearest 25).
24 of the 25 nearest rated care homes have a more recent rating than this one.
It sits in Meads ward, classed by ONS as urban (nearer to a major town or city), among the 30% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. NHS services here are planned by NHS Surrey and Sussex ICB.
Within about a 10-minute walk there is a pharmacy (7 min), a shop (6 min), a park (10 min), a café (7 min) and a bus stop (1 min), which matters for residents who can go out and for visiting family.
What it may cost
We estimate The Devonshire Nursing Home at £1,650–£2,010 a week for nursing care, based on published prices in the region. Over a year that is roughly £86k–£105k.
For residents assessed as needing nursing, a weekly NHS contribution goes straight to the home towards the fee, whoever pays the rest.
East Sussex Council can help with costs for people with savings under £23,250, starting with a free assessment.
Strengths and weak spots in the ratings
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 182 of the 274 other care homes in East Sussex that CQC has rated.
Each area CQC checks
- Safe240 of 275 in East Sussex
- Effective261 of 275 in East Sussex
- Caring266 of 275 in East Sussex
- Responsive252 of 275 in East Sussex
- Well-led183 of 275 in East Sussex
CQC key question ratings, published 4 January 2019. Under each rating: how many care homes in East Sussex share it.
How long it has been running
The Devonshire Nursing Home has been registered with CQC since January 2011, about 15 years.
CQC has published 3 overall ratings for it (2016–2021), starting at Good; it has gone up 0 and down 0 times, and is now Inspected but not rated.
It has gone 7 years without a new overall rating. CQC schedules inspections by risk, so this is not a bad sign in itself, though leadership may have moved on.
6 reports have been published for this location, most recently on 20 April 2021.
From the latest CQC inspection
- Cleaning schedules had been updated in response to COVID-19, this included regular cleaning of high touch and frequently used areas.
- There were designated housekeeping and laundry staff who had completed COVID-19 and Infection Prevention Control (IPC) training alongside care and nursing staff to ensure safe procedures were followed to help prevent the spread of infection.
- The home had previously experienced a COVID-19 outbreak, a number of staff and people living at the home had tested positive.
- The registered manager had worked with staff to adapt shift patterns and ways of working to ensure people continued to receive safe care whilst isolating in their rooms.
Inspected 7 April 2021; report published 20 April 2021. Source: CQC's published findings, reused under the Open Government Licence. Read the full report.
Who it can help
As listed with the regulator.
Who runs it
Mr & Mrs B Clarke and Mrs C Mills 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 East Sussex, so it is a local operator rather than a national chain.
Past CQC ratings
- May 2016
- Jan 2019
- Apr 2021
- Today Rating 7 years old
Every overall rating on record for this location, earliest first. The latest rating is lower than the one before.
Reports on the CQC website
- CQC inspection report 20 April 2021
- CQC inspection report 4 January 2019
- CQC inspection report 19 May 2016
- Inspection report 14 December 2013
- Inspection report 20 February 2013
- Inspection report 13 April 2012
Food safety inspection
The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from an inspection on 23 September 2025 by Eastbourne. On a visit, ask to see this week's menu and how residents choose what they eat.
From the Food Standards Agency (listed as "Devonshire Nursing Home"). Open Government Licence.
Where it is
- Ward
- Meads
- Parliamentary constituency
- Eastbourne
- Integrated care board
- NHS Surrey and Sussex Integrated Care Board
- Setting
- Urban: nearer to a major town or city
- Neighbourhood deprivation
- Among the 30% least deprived areas in England
- Postcode district
- Care homes in BN20 (19)
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Close by
- Bus stop 100 m (1 min walk) · 12 stops within 600 m
- Railway station Eastbourne, 1.4 km (18 min walk)
- GP surgery Grove Road Surgery, 1.1 km (14 min walk)
- Pharmacy Kamsons Pharmacy, 550 m (7 min walk)
- Shop Welcome, 500 m (6 min walk)
- Park All Saints Park, 770 m (10 min walk)
- Café Ren's Kitchen, 590 m (7 min walk)
- Place of worship St John the Evangelist, 510 m (6 min walk)
- Library Eastbourne Library, 1.3 km (16 min walk)
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). These are direct-line distances, so real walking routes, and times, will be longer.
Area details from ONS and NHS postcode data via postcodes.io (Open Government Licence).
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The Devonshire Nursing Home against its area
- Rated Good. Across East Sussex, 84% of the 275 rated care homes are Good or Outstanding and 5 are Outstanding.
- Its rating (January 2019) is more recent than 3% of care home ratings in East Sussex.
- With 42 beds it is larger than 73% of care homes in East Sussex, where the typical home has 24.
- Registered with CQC in 2011: it has been registered longer than 69% of care homes in the area.
- It lists 2 specialisms with CQC; the typical care home in East Sussex lists 3.
Benchmarked against all CQC-registered care homes in East Sussex (Oct 2026).
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Questions about The Devonshire Nursing Home
- How many residents can The Devonshire Nursing Home take?
- CQC capacity for The Devonshire Nursing Home: 42 beds. Ask about current availability and room facilities.
- Who runs The Devonshire Nursing Home?
- The Devonshire Nursing Home is run by Mr & Mrs B Clarke and Mrs C Mills, the registered provider on the CQC register.
- How much does care from The Devonshire Nursing Home cost?
- The Devonshire Nursing Home has not published its fees with us. Residential care home typically costs £1,450 a week (average 2026 self-funder fees in South East). Get the quote in writing, including any extra charges.
- How is The Devonshire Nursing Home rated for safety and leadership?
- By key question, CQC gave: Safe: Good; Effective: Good; Caring: Good; Responsive: Good; Well-led: Good. Start with Safe and Well-led when reading the report.
- Where is The Devonshire Nursing Home based?
- It is at 95 Carlisle Road, Eastbourne, BN20 7TB.
- Is The Devonshire Nursing Home a registered provider?
- Registered, yes: location 1-109593974 on the Care Quality Commission register, listed as a care home and was rated Good overall in January 2019.
- What services is The Devonshire Nursing Home registered for?
- The Devonshire Nursing Home is registered for nursing homes. Ask which of these it provides at the moment.
- Does The Devonshire Nursing Home support people with dementia?
- Dementia is not listed among the specialisms on its CQC registration. Ask the provider directly if this matters to you.
- When did CQC last rate The Devonshire Nursing Home?
- Its current CQC rating dates from 4 January 2019, 7 years ago. Ratings can be several years old; ask what has changed since, such as a new manager.
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