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Care home

Mulberry House

Lower Brimley, Newton Abbot, TQ13 9JS · Devon · South West

42 beds · operated by Buckland Care Limited, part of Buckland

CQC overall rating
Requires improvement23 Jul 2022rating 3+ yrs old

Diligence verdict

Rated Requires improvement overall, and the rating is 3 years old, and 1 of this operator's 7 rated homes are below Good.

Below Good on
SafeRequires improvement23 Jul 2022rating 3+ yrs old
Well-ledRequires improvement23 Jul 2022rating 3+ yrs old
Age of rating
3 years old — published 23 Jul 2022. CQC has not re-inspected since; a re-inspection could move it in either direction.
Operator's wider portfolio
1 of 7 of Buckland Care Limited's rated homes are Requires improvement or Inadequate. See the operator.

Verbatim CQC ratings, each dated · data as at 11 Jul 2026 · source: CQC

The five key questions

Key questionRatingPublished
SafeRequires improvementrating 3+ yrs old23 Jul 2022
EffectiveGoodrating 3+ yrs old23 Jul 2022
CaringGoodrating 3+ yrs old23 Jul 2022
ResponsiveGoodrating 3+ yrs old23 Jul 2022
Well-ledRequires improvementrating 3+ yrs old23 Jul 2022

Ratings verbatim as published by CQC. Key questions can carry different dates when CQC re-inspects only part of a service.

Data as at 11 Jul 2026 · source: CQC

Same operator — 6 other locations

Other active services registered to Buckland Care Limited. The verdict above reads across this operator's whole rated portfolio.

NameOverall rating (published)Local authority
Brunswick House Nursing HomeGood10 Mar 2023rating 3+ yrs oldGloucestershire
Hartwell Lodge Residential HomeGood9 Aug 2023Hampshire
Inglefield Nursing & Residential HomeGood20 Feb 2026Isle of Wight
Kingland House Residential HomeGood3 Feb 2025Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
The Orchards Residential HomeGood24 Apr 2026Swindon
Willow Bank House Residential HomeGood21 Jul 2022rating 3+ yrs oldWorcestershire

Data as at 11 Jul 2026 · source: CQC

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Provenance & registration
Registered with CQC
20 Jul 2018
Beds
42
Sector
Social Care Org
On CQC’s site
cqc.org.uk/location/1-5349458307

Every rating on this page is shown verbatim as CQC published it, each with its own publication date. Data as at 11 Jul 2026as published by CQC, bulk files of 01–08 Jul 2026 · source: CQC · data & methods.