Barford Court
157 Kingsway, Hove, BN3 4GR · Brighton and Hove · South East
CQC’s records also hold a deregistered registration with this name at this postcode: Barford Court, The Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution, deregistered 19 Jul 2016.
What the record says
Rated Good overall, but the rating is 8 years old.
- Age of rating
- 8 years old — published 10 Jul 2018, 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 The Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution Care Company's 14 rated homes, none are below Good — including this one. See the operator.
Verbatim CQC ratings, each dated · data as at 1 Sep 2026 · source: CQC
- Care type
- Care home without nursing
- Beds
- 40
- Registered with CQC
- 6 Jul 2016
- Run by
- The Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution Care Company
- Part of
- Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution · 14 services
- Phone
- 01273777736
- Website
- www.rmbi.org.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 | Goodrating 3+ yrs old | 10 Jul 2018 |
| Effective | Goodrating 3+ yrs old | 10 Jul 2018 |
| Caring | Goodrating 3+ yrs old | 10 Jul 2018 |
| Responsive | Outstandingrating 3+ yrs old | 10 Jul 2018 |
| Well-led | Goodrating 3+ yrs old | 10 Jul 2018 |
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 — 13 other locations
Other active services registered to The Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution Care Company. The verdict above reads across this operator's whole rated portfolio.
| Name | Overall rating (published) | Local authority |
|---|---|---|
| Cadogan Court | Good, published 28 Nov 2019rating 3+ yrs old | Devon |
| Connaught Court | Outstanding, published 31 Dec 2019rating 3+ yrs old | York |
| Cornwallis Court | Outstanding, published 25 Aug 2023rating 3+ yrs old | Suffolk |
| Devonshire Court | Outstanding, published 26 Sep 2018rating 3+ yrs old | Leicestershire |
| Harry Priestley House | Outstanding, published 16 Jul 2026 | Doncaster |
| James Terry Court | Good, published 15 Oct 2022rating 3+ yrs old | Croydon |
| Prince Edward Duke of Kent Court | Good, published 16 Apr 2020rating 3+ yrs old | Essex |
| Prince George Duke of Kent Court | Good, published 15 Nov 2017rating 3+ yrs old | Bromley |
| Prince Michael of Kent Court | Good, published 20 Mar 2025 | Hertfordshire |
| Prince Philip Duke of Edinburgh Court | Good, published 21 Nov 2017rating 3+ yrs old | Wokingham |
| Scarbrough Court | Good, published 29 Jun 2023rating 3+ yrs old | Northumberland |
| Shannon Court | Good, published 26 Mar 2025 | Surrey |
…and 1 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?
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- 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.
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- 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 5 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.
- The Beach Houseabout 0 miles · Hove · 10 bedsNot yet rated
- 4 Vallance Gardensabout 0.2 miles · Hove · 7 bedsGood, published 21 Dec 2019rating 3+ yrs oldinherited from a previous registration
- Brighton & Hove City Council - The Beach Houseabout 0.2 miles · Hove · 14 bedsGood, published 12 Jan 2023rating 3+ yrs old
- Cloverdale Houseabout 0.2 miles · Hove · 11 bedsGood, published 14 Dec 2021rating 3+ yrs old
- Sector
- Social Care Org
- On CQC’s site
- cqc.org.uk/location/1-2600586511
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.