Clarence House & The Granary
53 West Street, Horncastle, LN9 5JE · Lincolnshire · East Midlands
What the record says
Rated Requires improvement overall, and the rating is 5 years old, and 10 of this operator's 54 rated homes are below Good — this one and 9 others.
- Below Good on
- SafeRequires improvement, published 28 Jul 2021rating 3+ yrs oldWell-ledRequires improvement, published 28 Jul 2021rating 3+ yrs old
- Age of rating
- 5 years old — published 28 Jul 2021, and no newer rating had been published by 1 Sep 2026. A re-inspection could move it in either direction.
- This operator's rated services
- Of Prime Life Limited's 54 rated homes, 10 are below Good — this one and 9 others. See the operator.
Verbatim CQC ratings, each dated · data as at 1 Sep 2026 · source: CQC
- Care type
- Care home without nursing
- Beds
- 21
- Registered with CQC
- 20 Jan 2011
- Run by
- Prime Life Limited
- Part of
- Prime Life Limited · 59 services
- Phone
- 01507524466
- Website
- www.prime-life.co.uk
Contact details as recorded by CQC — we don’t hold fees, vacancies or waiting lists, so those are worth asking about directly.
Who this service supports
The groups this service is registered with CQC to support. Registration says who a service may care for — it is not a quality judgement, and it is not a recommendation.
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Care home without nursing
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Data as published by CQC to 1 Sep 2026 · source: CQC
The five key questions
| Key question | Rating | Published |
|---|---|---|
| Safe | Requires improvementrating 3+ yrs old | 28 Jul 2021 |
| Effective | Goodrating 3+ yrs old | 24 Jan 2020 |
| Caring | Goodrating 3+ yrs old | 24 Jan 2020 |
| Responsive | Goodrating 3+ yrs old | 24 Jan 2020 |
| Well-led | Requires improvementrating 3+ yrs old | 28 Jul 2021 |
Ratings verbatim as published by CQC. Key questions can carry different dates when CQC re-inspects only part of a service.
Data as published by CQC to 1 Sep 2026 · source: CQC
Same operator — 53 other locations
Other active services registered to Prime Life Limited. The verdict above reads across this operator's whole rated portfolio.
| Name | Overall rating (published) | Local authority |
|---|---|---|
| Acorn Close | Good, published 22 Jul 2026 | Leicestershire |
| Birch Green Care Home | Good, published 5 Nov 2025 | Lancashire |
| Brackendale House | Good, published 9 May 2019rating 3+ yrs old | Norfolk |
| Brockshill Woodlands | Good, published 11 Nov 2022rating 3+ yrs old | Leicestershire |
| Byron House | Good, published 6 Oct 2021rating 3+ yrs old | Lincolnshire |
| Chamberlaine Court | Good, published 19 Nov 2024 | Warwickshire |
| Charnwood Oaks Nursing Home | Inadequate, published 25 Jun 2026 | Leicestershire |
| Cherry Tree Lodge Nursing Home | Requires improvement, published 19 Aug 2026 | Lincolnshire |
| Chestnut House | Good, published 14 Dec 2019rating 3+ yrs old | Lincolnshire |
| Clarendon Beechlands | Good, published 7 Jan 2025 | Leicester |
| Fir Close | Good, published 22 Apr 2021rating 3+ yrs old | Lincolnshire |
| Gilby House Nursing Home | Good, published 10 Jun 2022rating 3+ yrs old | North Lincolnshire |
…and 41 more. See the full group view.
Data as published by CQC to 1 Sep 2026 · source: CQC
CQC publishes registrations and ratings. It holds nothing at all about fees, current vacancies, staffing levels, or the building itself — there is no field anywhere for door widths, hoists, wet rooms or ground-floor rooms. So no site, including this one, can tell you those. They are worth asking directly — the number is above.
- What are the fees, and what do they not include?
- Do you have a vacancy now, and would you hold a room?
- How many staff are on at night, and how are transfers staffed?
- What change in someone’s needs would mean they had to move, and can I see that in the contract?
More on what to look for and ask on a visit —including what an occupational therapist would check for particular needs — at choosing a care home.
- Take the visit checklistWhat to look for and the questions to ask when you visit — the things a rating cannot tell you.
- Coming out of hospitalIf this follows a hospital stay: the discharge decision, reablement, and what to ask the ward.
- Ask the council for a needs assessmentFree, whatever the savings, and the formal route to arranged care and funding.
- Understand who paysThe means test, what happens to the home, and NHS Continuing Healthcare.
- How to read this ratingWhat the words mean, the five key questions, and why the date matters.
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Nearest first — a place to look around, not a ranking. Other care homes registered for care without nursing within 10 miles, registered for at least one of the same groups this service supports. Distance is straight line between registered addresses. Not an assessment of anyone’s needs.
- Heatherlea House Residential Care Homeabout 5.1 miles · Woodhall Spa · 17 bedsRequires improvement, published 31 Mar 2023rating 3+ yrs old
- Nightingale House Care Centreabout 5.3 miles · Lincoln · 45 bedsGood, published 10 Apr 2019rating 3+ yrs old
- Toray Pines Care Homeabout 7.6 miles · Lincoln · 52 bedsGood, published 17 Apr 2026
- Melody Lodgeabout 7.8 miles · Spilsby · 11 bedsGood, published 14 May 2021rating 3+ yrs old
- Sector
- Social Care Org
- On CQC’s site
- cqc.org.uk/location/1-131820085
Every rating on this page is shown verbatim as CQC published it, each with its own publication date. Data as at 1 Sep 2026 — as published by CQC, bulk files of 01 Sep 2026 · source: CQC · data & methods.